An upside-down art exhibition is taking place at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan, until 17 November.

The ‘Bai Choi’ painting

The exhibition is presenting a total of 22 oil and acrylic upside-down paintings invented by Vietnamese American painter Nguyen Dai Giang. Some of his works feature the cultural values and people of the central region, including ‘Bai Choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) and ‘Chan Dung Bui Giang’ (Portrait of poet Bui Giang).

While exploring the world upside down, visitors will also have the opportunity to see painter Dai Giang to show his incredible talent painting entire portrait upside down.

Mr Dai Giang is a successful artist who has distinguished himself by creating and developing a new school of art, known as the ‘Upside-Down Art’, in the USA. In connection with this innovative accomplishment, he has been responsible for writing the ‘Manifesto of UpsideDownism’.

Born on 21 May 1944 in Ha Noi, Mr Dai Giang began painting when he was 7 years old. He attended Ha Noi College of Art in his hometown from 1966-1968, completing his studies with an Associate of Arts degree. He then had an opportunity to continue his artistic education in the former USSR, where courses at the Moscow College of Art from 1968-1974 culminated in Bachelor of Art degree. Later on in his career he migrated to the USA, where he subsequently enrolled at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1998 and obtained an Associate of Art degree the following year.

He is the author or subject of several articles in professional journals, and has being listed in national and international biographical publications. Apart from recognition as the inventor of Upside-Down Art, he has been recipient of various other honours and awards, including 3^rd Prize and title of Most Talented Artist at an international competition held in Stockholm in 1997. More recently, he has collected the Portable Art Collection Award, 2001.

He is currently residing in the USA.