{"id":6263,"date":"1996-05-04T02:06:58","date_gmt":"1996-05-04T02:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/?p=6263"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:00:32","slug":"vinh-phoi-and-boi-tran-art-gallery-a-reference-letter-1996-or-the-simplest-form-of-moral-authority-and-trust-in-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boitran.com\/vi\/vinh-phoi-and-boi-tran-art-gallery-a-reference-letter-1996-or-the-simplest-form-of-moral-authority-and-trust-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i V\u00e0 Ph\u00f2ng Tranh B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n: B\u1ee9c Th\u01b0 Gi\u1edbi Thi\u1ec7u, 1996, hay H\u00ecnh Th\u1ee9c Gi\u1ea3n D\u1ecb c\u1ee7a M\u1ed9t B\u1ea3o Ch\u1ee9ng \u0110\u1ea1o \u0110\u1ee9c v\u00e0 Ni\u1ec1m Tin Trong Ngh\u1ec7 Thu\u1eadt"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\tV\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i V\u00e0 Ph\u00f2ng Tranh B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n: B\u1ee9c Th\u01b0 Gi\u1edbi Thi\u1ec7u, 1996, hay H\u00ecnh Th\u1ee9c Gi\u1ea3n D\u1ecb c\u1ee7a M\u1ed9t B\u1ea3o Ch\u1ee9ng \u0110\u1ea1o \u0110\u1ee9c v\u00e0 Ni\u1ec1m Tin Trong Ngh\u1ec7 Thu\u1eadt\t<\/h2>\n\t

Dated 4 May 1996 in Hue, the letter bears the signature of Vinh Phoi (1938-2017). In a few restrained lines, he introduces a young painter and entrusts his evaluation to Boi Tran. There is no rhetoric, only a gesture of trust; a signature whose authority rests not on institutions, but on the life behind it.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u00e2y kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t l\u1eddi gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t b\u1ea3o ch\u1ee9ng \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Vinh\n\t\t
L\u00e1 th\u01b0 gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft tay b\u1edfi h\u1ecda s\u0129 V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i n\u0103m 1996. <\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

N\u0103m 1996, m\u1ed9t b\u1ee9c th\u01b0 ng\u1eafn \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c vi\u1ebft t\u1ea1i Tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt Hu\u1ebf, d\u01b0\u1edbi ti\u00eau \u0111\u1ec1 c\u1ee7a \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc Hu\u1ebf, \u0111\u00e3 v\u01b0\u1ee3t ra ngo\u00e0i ch\u1ee9c n\u0103ng h\u00e0nh ch\u00ednh th\u00f4ng th\u01b0\u1eddng c\u1ee7a n\u00f3.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3 kh\u00f4ng \u0111\u01a1n thu\u1ea7n l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t l\u1eddi gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u. N\u00f3 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t c\u1eed ch\u1ec9 c\u1ee7a ni\u1ec1m tin.<\/p>\n\t

Dated 4 May 1996 in Hue, the document bears the signature of Vinh Phoi (1938-2017), one of the defining figures of modern art in Hue, a man of whom Trinh Cong Son once said:<\/p>\n

“If you yearn for truth and integrity, ask Vinh Phoi.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Vinh\n\t\t
Phu nh\u00e2n Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng B\u00e9, B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, Phu nh\u00e2n V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i v\u00e0 V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i t\u1ea1i Khai m\u1ea1c Ph\u00f2ng Tranh B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, Tr\u1ea7n H\u01b0ng \u0110\u1ea1o, kho\u1ea3ng n\u0103m 1994.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

\u1ede \u0111\u00e2y, l\u1eddi n\u00f3i \u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n l\u00e0 nh\u1eadn \u0111\u1ecbnh. N\u00f3 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c.<\/p>\n

In a few concise lines, he introduces a young lacquer painter, Nguyen Thien Duc, described as “promising”, and suggests that his works be evaluated for participation in an exhibition in Saigon organised by Boi Tran.<\/p>\n

Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ng\u00f4n t\u1eeb khoa tr\u01b0\u01a1ng. Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 l\u1eadp lu\u1eadn d\u00e0i d\u00f2ng.<\/p>\n

Ch\u1ec9 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t chuy\u1ec3n \u0111\u1ed9ng r\u1ea5t r\u00f5 r\u00e0ng: m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi trao ni\u1ec1m tin c\u1ee7a m\u00ecnh cho m\u1ed9t ng\u01b0\u1eddi kh\u00e1c.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u1ec3 hi\u1ec3u \u00fd ngh\u0129a th\u1ef1c s\u1ef1 c\u1ee7a b\u1ee9c th\u01b0 n\u00e0y, c\u1ea7n \u0111\u1eb7t n\u00f3 v\u00e0o v\u1ecb tr\u00ed c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi vi\u1ebft v\u00e0o th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u00f3.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Vinh\n\t\t
V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i, Gi\u00e1o s\u01b0, H\u1ecda s\u0129, Hi\u1ec7u tr\u01b0\u1edfng Tr\u01b0\u1eddng Cao \u0111\u1eb3ng M\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt Hu\u1ebf (1966\u20131975), Ph\u00f3 Ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch Tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0110\u1ea1i h\u1ecdc M\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt Hu\u1ebf (1975\u20131999);\nTh\u1ea9m \u0110\u1ee9c T\u1ee5, H\u1ecda s\u0129, nguy\u00ean T\u1ed5ng Th\u01b0 k\u00fd v\u00e0 Ch\u1ee7 t\u1ecbch H\u1ed9i M\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt H\u00e0 N\u1ed9i; B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n v\u00e0 Ho\u00e0ng Ph\u1ee7 Ng\u1ecdc T\u01b0\u1eddng, Nh\u00e0 v\u0103n, t\u1ea1i Ph\u00f2ng tranh B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng Tr\u1ea7n H\u01b0ng \u0110\u1ea1o, Hu\u1ebf, Vi\u1ec7t Nam, kho\u1ea3ng n\u0103m 1995.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i, sinh t\u1ea1i Hu\u1ebf, thu\u1ed9c v\u1ec1 m\u1ed9t th\u1ebf h\u1ec7 m\u00e0 \u0111\u1ed1i v\u1edbi h\u1ecd, ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t ng\u00e0nh h\u1ecdc, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t l\u1eadp tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c, m\u1ed9t th\u1ebf h\u1ec7 h\u00ecnh th\u00e0nh gi\u1eefa truy\u1ec1n th\u1ed1ng v\u00e0 \u0111\u1ee9t g\u00e3y, n\u01a1i s\u1ef1 trung th\u00e0nh v\u1edbi Hu\u1ebf kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 s\u1ef1 l\u01b0u gi\u1eef h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c, m\u00e0 l\u00e0 s\u1ef1 g\u00ecn gi\u1eef tinh th\u1ea7n.<\/p>\n

Educated at Gia Dinh School of Fine Arts, and later in Rome between 1960 and 1966, he returned to Vietnam to become not only a painter, but an architect of Hue’s artistic life, serving for decades in leadership at the Hue College of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n\t

\u00d4ng kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 d\u1ea1y ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt.\n\u00d4ng h\u00ecnh th\u00e0nh m\u1ed9t th\u1ebf h\u1ec7.<\/p>\n

Nh\u01b0ng \u0111\u1ed3ng th\u1eddi, \u00f4ng c\u0169ng l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t h\u1ecda s\u0129, m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng ng\u01b0\u1eddi ti\u00ean phong c\u1ee7a khuynh h\u01b0\u1edbng tr\u1eebu t\u01b0\u1ee3ng bi\u1ec3u hi\u1ec7n t\u1ea1i Vi\u1ec7t Nam, n\u01a1i h\u1ed9i h\u1ecda kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n l\u00e0 s\u1ef1 m\u00f4 t\u1ea3, m\u00e0 tr\u1edf th\u00e0nh m\u1ed9t tr\u01b0\u1eddng n\u0103ng l\u01b0\u1ee3ng n\u1ed9i t\u00e2m.<\/p>\n

Trong \u00f4ng t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t song h\u00e0nh hi\u1ebfm c\u00f3:\nk\u1ef7 lu\u1eadt c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1ea7y, v\u00e0 t\u1ef1 do c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129.<\/p>\n

Ch\u00ednh v\u00ec v\u1eady, b\u1ee9c th\u01b0 n\u0103m 1996 kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u1ecdc nh\u01b0 m\u1ed9t th\u1ee7 t\u1ee5c h\u00e0nh ch\u00ednh.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3 l\u00e0 k\u1ebft qu\u1ea3 c\u1ee7a m\u1ed9t h\u1ec7 gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb.<\/p>\n\t

V\u1ec1 ph\u00eda nh\u1eadn, B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, v\u00e0o th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m \u0111\u00f3 \u0111\u00e3 ki\u1ebfn t\u1ea1o m\u1ed9t kh\u00f4ng gian ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt \u0111\u1ed9c l\u1eadp t\u1ea1i Hu\u1ebf, m\u1ed9t trong nh\u1eefng ph\u00f2ng tranh t\u01b0 nh\u00e2n \u0111\u1ea7u ti\u00ean c\u1ee7a Vi\u1ec7t Nam sau \u0110\u1ed5i M\u1edbi.<\/p>\n

Kh\u00f4ng gian \u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 tr\u01b0ng b\u00e0y tranh.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3 t\u1ed5 ch\u1ee9c, k\u1ebft n\u1ed1i, v\u00e0 quan tr\u1ecdng h\u01a1n, t\u1ea1o \u0111i\u1ec1u ki\u1ec7n \u0111\u1ec3 ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c s\u1ed1ng.<\/p>\n

Vi\u1ec7c V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i g\u1eedi g\u1eafm m\u1ed9t h\u1ecda s\u0129 tr\u1ebb \u0111\u1ebfn \u0111\u00f3 cho th\u1ea5y m\u1ed9t \u0111i\u1ec1u r\u00f5 r\u00e0ng: \u00d4ng kh\u00f4ng ch\u1ec9 tin v\u00e0o c\u00e1 nh\u00e2n ng\u01b0\u1eddi ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 tr\u1ebb. \u00d4ng tin v\u00e0o n\u01a1i m\u00e0 ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 \u0111\u00f3 s\u1ebd \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c \u0111\u1eb7t v\u00e0o.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\"Dinh\n\t\t
\u0110inh C\u01b0\u1eddng, B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n, Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng B\u00e9 v\u00e0 V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i, Hu\u1ebf, kho\u1ea3ng n\u0103m 2010.<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t

Trong c\u1ea5u tr\u00fac c\u1ee7a b\u1ee9c th\u01b0, c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t h\u00ecnh h\u1ecdc v\u00f4 h\u00ecnh.<\/p>\n

M\u1ed9t \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng th\u1eb3ng: t\u1eeb ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u1ea7y \u0111\u1ebfn ng\u01b0\u1eddi ngh\u1ec7 s\u0129 tr\u1ebb.<\/p>\n

M\u1ed9t \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng ngang: t\u1eeb Hu\u1ebf \u0111\u1ebfn S\u00e0i G\u00f2n.<\/p>\n

V\u00e0 t\u1ea1i giao \u0111i\u1ec3m c\u1ee7a hai \u0111\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u00f3: B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n v\u00e0 kh\u00f4ng gian ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt c\u1ee7a b\u00e0.<\/p>\n

\u1ede \u0111\u00e2y, ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt kh\u00f4ng c\u00f2n l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t v\u1eadt th\u1ec3.<\/p>\n

M\u00e0 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t d\u00f2ng ch\u1ea3y, m\u1ed9t d\u00f2ng ch\u1ea3y c\u1ee7a s\u1ef1 truy\u1ec1n trao.<\/p>\n

Nh\u00ecn l\u1ea1i t\u1eeb h\u00f4m nay, khi c\u00e1c h\u1ec7 th\u1ed1ng th\u1ecb tr\u01b0\u1eddng, \u0111\u1ea5u gi\u00e1 v\u00e0 x\u00e1c th\u1ef1c ng\u00e0y c\u00e0ng ph\u1ee9c t\u1ea1p, b\u1ee9c th\u01b0 n\u00e0y mang m\u1ed9t \u00fd ngh\u0129a kh\u00e1c.<\/p>\n

N\u00f3 nh\u1eafc ch\u00fang ta r\u1eb1ng, tr\u01b0\u1edbc m\u1ecdi c\u01a1 ch\u1ebf,\n\u0111\u00e3 t\u1eebng t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t n\u1ec1n t\u1ea3ng \u0111\u01a1n gi\u1ea3n h\u01a1n, nh\u01b0ng kh\u00f4ng k\u00e9m ph\u1ea7n nghi\u00eam ng\u1eb7t: uy t\u00edn c\u00e1 nh\u00e2n.<\/p>\n

Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 ch\u1ee9ng th\u01b0 d\u00e0i. Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 h\u1ed9i \u0111\u1ed3ng th\u1ea9m \u0111\u1ecbnh.<\/p>\n

Ch\u1ec9 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t ch\u1eef k\u00fd.<\/p>\n

Nh\u01b0ng ch\u1eef k\u00fd \u0111\u00f3 mang theo to\u00e0n b\u1ed9 \u0111\u1eddi s\u1ed1ng c\u1ee7a ng\u01b0\u1eddi k\u00fd.<\/p>\nIn a photograph taken circa 1994 at the opening of Boi Tran Art Gallery, where Vinh Phoi stands alongside his wife, the wife of Truong Be, and Boi Tran, one sees more than a moment. One sees a structure.\n

M\u1ed9t k\u1ebft n\u1ed1i c\u1ee7a nh\u1eefng con ng\u01b0\u1eddi \u0111\u00e3 ch\u1ecdn \u1edf l\u1ea1i v\u1edbi Hu\u1ebf, kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i v\u00ec \u0111\u1ecba l\u00fd, m\u00e0 v\u00ec m\u1ed9t ni\u1ec1m trung th\u00e0nh s\u00e2u s\u1eafc v\u1edbi tinh th\u1ea7n c\u1ee7a n\u00f3.<\/p>\n

B\u1ee9c th\u01b0 n\u0103m 1996, v\u00ec v\u1eady, kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t t\u00e0i li\u1ec7u ph\u1ee5. N\u00f3 l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t b\u1eb1ng ch\u1ee9ng.<\/p>\n

R\u1eb1ng trong m\u1ed9t th\u1eddi \u0111i\u1ec3m c\u1ee7a l\u1ecbch s\u1eed m\u1ef9 thu\u1eadt Vi\u1ec7t Nam, \u0111\u00e3 t\u1ed3n t\u1ea1i m\u1ed9t c\u1ed9ng \u0111\u1ed3ng n\u01a1i ni\u1ec1m tin \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c trao \u0111i kh\u00f4ng do d\u1ef1, tr\u00e1ch nhi\u1ec7m \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c gi\u1eef l\u1ea5y kh\u00f4ng \u0111i\u1ec1u ki\u1ec7n, v\u00e0 ngh\u1ec7 thu\u1eadt \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c b\u1ea3o v\u1ec7 kh\u00f4ng b\u1eb1ng l\u1eddi n\u00f3i, m\u00e0 b\u1eb1ng con ng\u01b0\u1eddi.<\/p>\n

\u0110\u00e2y kh\u00f4ng ph\u1ea3i l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t l\u1eddi gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u. \u0110\u00e2y l\u00e0 h\u00ecnh th\u1ee9c gi\u1ea3n d\u1ecb nh\u1ea5t c\u1ee7a m\u1ed9t \u0111i\u1ec1u kh\u00f3 \u0111\u1ea1t \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c nh\u1ea5t: m\u1ed9t s\u1ef1 b\u1ea3o ch\u1ee9ng \u0111\u1ea1o \u0111\u1ee9c.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tB\u1ea1n c\u00f3 th\u1ec3 quan t\u00e2m\t<\/h2>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u0110\u1ec1 ng\u00e0y 4 th\u00e1ng 5 n\u0103m 1996 t\u1ea1i Hu\u1ebf, b\u1ee9c th\u01b0 mang ch\u1eef k\u00fd c\u1ee7a V\u0129nh Ph\u1ed1i (1938\u20132017). Trong v\u00e0i d\u00f2ng ng\u1eafn g\u1ecdn, \u00f4ng gi\u1edbi thi\u1ec7u m\u1ed9t h\u1ecda s\u0129 tr\u1ebb v\u00e0 g\u1eedi g\u1eafm vi\u1ec7c th\u1ea9m \u0111\u1ecbnh \u0111\u1ebfn B\u1ed9i Tr\u00e2n. Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 l\u1eddi l\u1ebd khoa tr\u01b0\u01a1ng, ch\u1ec9 c\u00f3 m\u1ed9t c\u1eed ch\u1ec9 c\u1ee7a ni\u1ec1m tin; m\u1ed9t ch\u1eef k\u00fd m\u00e0 gi\u00e1 tr\u1ecb kh\u00f4ng n\u1eb1m \u1edf thi\u1ebft ch\u1ebf, m\u00e0 \u1edf \u0111\u1eddi s\u1ed1ng \u0111\u1ee9ng ph\u00eda sau n\u00f3.
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