Painter Le Thiet Cuong travels a lot, reads a lot, writes a lot and works in many fields, from composition to criticism, as curator for many exhibitions and artistic activities. He connects with the class of elderly artists very well and with the younger generation also very talented.
his Gallery 39 Ly Quoc Su (Hanoi) has become a special destination for famous artists to young people. He has close friends such as writer Nguyen Huy Thiep, poet Nguyen Thuy Kha, director Dao Trong Khanh...
He made books for director, People's Artist Dao Trong Khanh (book series "Dat va nguoi", made photo books "Thung nguoi xua" for photographer Ha Tuong, organized exhibitions, creating a starting point for many young artists.
He is a passionate lover or more precisely, an art lover. largely influenced by Buddhist ideology, his works touched the emotions and hearts of viewers, expressing the law of causation and abnormality quite clearly. He persevered and bravely became a monk with minimalist painting in Vietnamese fine arts.
The universal quality of his ideas, his open, soaring lines create interesting connections as well as gaps in the painting that stimulate the imagination, making viewers want to participate in the work,
Not to mention the long or short volume, no matter the size of the painting, each article, each painting and sculpture clearly shows his fingerprints and dedication to every detail.
Le Thiet Cuong is a person who is "confident" in his own artistic path, sometimes to the extreme. Looking at the cover of a novel by writer Nguyen Viet Ha, readers should be surprised and wonder if this is the cover, because it is completely different from the traditional cover drawing style. And not only for Nguyen Viet Ha, but also for some other writers, because according to Cuong's concept, his paintings are the "double documents" of the work.
It is absolutely not a pure illustrative style but is actually a " decoding" of literary works according to a unique perspective of Le Thiet Cuong. He is also the author of a cover of Xuan Lao Dong newspaper, not like anyone else, the person praises and the person criticizes, but everyone has to admit that he is very Le Thiet Cuong.
A field that he is also passionate about is photography, and he has also exhibited photography. In photography, Le Thiet Cuong is allergic to the unnecessary "beautiful soup" style, and is not excited about the smooth, visual-puppy travel photos that he only likes to take with clear documentary images, how to express the mark of time and the times.
As for the photo he took on his personal Facebook page on June 12, 2025, taken in Huong Canh pottery village in 2018 with the words "This photo is enough to be unusual, imperfect, imperfect, simple, natural, natural, slow... From the peeling wall, the pile of thick wood, the old lady's back protecting against sticks, the dry, golden sunshine, a rare sunny day at the end of winter... But beautiful. It is true that wabi sabi is difficult to define, even though it exists around us. That is the concept of photography or also his artistic concept: Love the imperfect, the imperfect.
Painter Le Thiet Cuong is also the author of many books, typically "Trien Kieu - Nguyen Du/Le Thiet Cuong - 24 paintings", "House & People" and most recently in 2025 the book "Acts with painting", a collection of more than 70 comments on art (painting, sculpture, ceramics...).
Le Thiet Cuong lives a free and proud life, but sometimes shy and takes it back in a few cases. He has many friends, plays with them honestly, is qualified in refereeing, and does not like to lie or chatter with each other.
On his personal Facebook 5 days before, there was a photo of a beautiful sculpture and the words " some would be by chance/ No, the whole world would not be".
