The epilogue of the art exhibition and its catalogue by Trinh Cong Son (Vietnam, 1939-2001) on the special occasion of the grand opening combined with the art exhibition of Boi Tran Garden (formerly Boi Tran Art Gallery or Boi Tran Gallery) at 17 Tran Hung Dao, Hue, early 1995.
Boi Tran Garden officially held the grand opening, along with the very first art exhibition of Vietnamese contemporary artists. Works present in the event by Nguyen Trung, Hoang Dang Nhuan, Trinh Cong Son, Tran Van Thao, Do Hoang Tuong, Nguyen Tan Cuong, Hong Viet Dung, Do Quang Em, Dang Xuan Hoa, Ho Huu Thu, Truong Be, Vinh Phoi, Buu Chi, Dinh Cuong, Tran Luu Hau,… Its prologue written by Buu Y, and the catalogue front page designed by Buu Chi.
Boi Tran Garden (formerly Boi Tran Art Gallery or Boi Tran Gallery), known as one of the pioneering privately owned art galleries in Vietnam and the very first and only one in the onetime Imperial city of Hue, is proud to be an exquisite international compound for art, antiques, later the Hue-era culinary culture which gave Hue its reputation as a food capital, continues today and traditional architecture blended with French Indochina influences.
EPILOGUE
In this city, there comes forth an art gallery that bears the heart and the yearning for beauty. This has created an indication of luxurious gesture to the beloved people and made better an ambience within the structures, greenness of the grass and of the old citadel.
Right here, at the Art Gallery by Boi Tran, not with sudden sadness, but with delightful emotion, with thankful laughs in the sun for the as dreamful dream as we have expected in time. Right here, in the sun, along with mythological dreams, there seems to be a solid vanity, life and death, so the pain in sorrow would be subsided.
Upon walking along a corridor and visualising the silky world over the whole world, we would be living together, sharing and gazing at this unforgettable scene. So doubtful that we can't help wondering about the world we are now living in.
Even if small or not, this art gallery is a monument in the city; its appearance will be remembered for ever.
Returning to the old city..., to this art gallery, one feels that as he or she is coming back to see a sweetheart, who one will miss and love and never forget for a moment.
TRINH CONG SON
