Poor children’s art gets London show

by Linh_traveler | April 1, 2008 at 10:56 pm
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More than 20 lacquer paintings by street children in Ho Chi Minh City are on display at an exhibition in London.

The exhibition is organised by the Christina Noble Foundation from March 27 to April 3.

Exhibition visitor Judith Smith said she was moved by the paintings as well as the stories of the children behind the artworks.

“These paintings are brilliant, they are very naive, natural and joyful,” said Smith. UK director of the foundation, Kate Greer, told a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in London that the children were very proud of having their work on show in London and in galleries around the world.

Several of the artworks have already been sold to visitors to the show. Greer said the exhibition’s profits will be used to fund the project’s continuing work.

According to Hannal Vallance, former coordinator at Christina Noble Children’s Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City, the foundation has established over 70 projects assisting more than 500,000 poor and vulnerable children since the foundation’s established in 1991.
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