07:10, 16/10/2007

Statue garden in Nha Trang

After two times of organizing sculpture camps, Khanh Hoa has over 40 sculptural art works displayed in the park along the beach. It becomes a statue garden....

One of sculptural works at the Tran Phu Park, Nha Trang City.

After two times of organizing sculpture camps, Khanh Hoa has over 40 sculptural art works displayed in the park along the beach. It becomes a statue garden.

Walking along the park, we can see many visitors enjoying the sculptural works. Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, a visitor from Quy Nhon City revealed: “I am a visitor from Quy Nhon. I have spent a lot of time enjoying this statue garden in addition to visiting tourist sites and Islands in Nha Trang. I wish my home town had a statue garden”. The statues have enhanced the park, said Nguyen Dinh, a retired officer of Phuoc Long ward - Nha Trang City.

It is obvious that a sculptural camp is a creative activity. Statues from a creative camp can be placed in a statue garden, regarded as an outdoor museum or any other place for display, creating a new cultural place for the city.
It can also prove to be unsuccessful when a sculptural camp and statue garden are combined. Statues from the camps are arranged into a park, creating a new cultural place for the city. Meanwhile, some statues are placed illogically at the park.

Another thing to mention is that the two sculptural camps have not drawn any foreign sculptors. In fact, there have been 50 sculptors all over the country. And the capacity of Vietnamese sculptors is limited. If we do not try to attract foreign sculptors, most of the works from the next sculptural camps will look similar in style and be coincidental in theme. The attendance of foreign sculptors not only contributes more high-quality works to Khanh Hoa Province but also is a best way for us to exchange different cultures in the integration age.

H.Y