“Lotuses are not lotuses, but they are lotuses,” concludes Prof. Dr. Trang Thanh Hien, a researcher in art, about the most recent artworks by Phan Hai Bang called “Confluence with Lotuses on Paper” on display at Le Ba Dang Art Museum (15 Le Loi St., Hue City.)

A solo exhibition, entitled "Ngau lien tren giay" (“Lotus in spontaneity - on paper”) by artist Phan Hai Bang, was opened on the afternoon of November 18 at Le Ba Dang art space (Hue Museum of Fine Arts, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City).

Under the scorching sun, taking his hands to carefully remove the paper from the stele’s surface, researcher Nguyen Phuoc Bao Dan's eyes continued to follow each line from top to bottom. Each line of Chinese characters, architectural patterns... in turn appeared on the paper as if drawing the past to the present, making viewers emotional.

General Nguyen Chi Thanh's family is completing procedural paperwork to apply for permission to establish the General Nguyen Chi Thanh Museum in Thua Thien Hue.