Artist field note

Bùi Xuân Phái

A city survives through repeated acts of looking.

Appears inVietnam
Street Scene by Bùi Xuân Phái
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Street Scene

c. 1972

Heavy outlines and muted colour make architecture feel intimate and vulnerable.

The five in one idea

Bùi Xuân Phái made Hanoi's streets a collective portrait of persistence, loss and belonging.