Bui Xuan Phai

Nora Taylor uses the method of ____________________to study Vietnamese artists since little written documentation exists and Vietnamese modern painting is still relatively new

• Biography

• Ethnography

• Anthropology

• Bibliography

Bui Xuan Phai became known for his street paintings that capture an aura of melancholy and __________________

• happiness

• sadness

• joyfulness

• bitterness

To the Vietnamese socialist officials, Phai's depiction of Hanoi is too _________________________

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• Ambiguous

What is the best description of Phai's characteristics?

• Conformist

• Nonconformist

• Orthodox

• Unorthodox

In 1986, Vietnam went through a political change. Bui Xuan Phai, neglected by the official art establishment for wanting to tell the truth, suddenly became Vietnam's greatest painter regardless of whether his paintings showed true mastery of the medium or not

• True

• False

After 1986, Vietnam has rejected nationalist concerns entirely.

• True

• False

The combination of market speculation, disillusionment with art market in the West, and changes in the political situation made Vietnamese art a desirable commodity and transformed Vietnamese artists from art workers to art products.

• True

• False

Many of the younger Vietnamese generations are interested in Phai's work because his works depict heroic acts of people-soldiers, workers, farmers, and their sacrifice for the good of the nation

• True

• False

By the 1990s, dealers tiring of Western art began to look for alternative markets, and Asia was the continent with the highest expectations

• True

• False