Thirty artists from the Netherlands and 10 from Vietnam are showcasing70 works at the exhibition Meeting Point – Dutch Coloured Art, at the HoChi Minh City Fine Arts Museum.

Roby Bellemans, curator and organiser of the exhibition, said it aimed to show contemporary trends.

MaThanh Cao, the museum's director, said the exhibits reflected varioustopics, from climate change and environmental protection to Dutch andVietnamese landscapes and people.

The exhibition featurespaintings, installation works, graffiti, digital art, video andsculptures in an eclectic range of materials and styles and topics.

Simon Borst from Amsterdam focuses on plein-air paintings using oil paint on canvas or paper.

His works, including Home Abstraction and Meadow Fence, depict subjects from nature, landscapes and city sites.

His paintings have been displayed in the Netherlands, Turkey, Austria and Greece.

Themuseum's deputy director, Hua Thanh Binh, presents abstract paintingsdepicting the deep sea. He uses images of nude women and dark coloursfor his works.

Binh, who graduated from the Gia Dinh Fine ArtsCollege (now the HCM City Fine Arts University) in 1974. He has heldseveral solo and group exhibitions in Vietnam and several othercountries.

Bellemans said he wanted to display all the artworks without titles. They are simply numbered from 1 to 70.

The works will be on display until May 15 at the museum at 97A Pho Duc Chinh street in District 1.-VNA