The four-floor villa, located in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District, attracts onlookers with its colorful work "Chung Tay Danh Bay Covid-19" (Fight Covid-19 together). |
All graffiti covering the 300-meter-square villa were done by artist Le Long in March 2020. |
"There was no Covid-19 vaccine when I painted this, but I thought I would paint bottles of vaccine that look like rockets targeting the pandemic. And the Earth is in the middle, with a house and crane symbol, showing the solidarity of Vietnamese amid the pandemic," he recalled. |
"The most difficult thing was the weather and material shortage. I painted this during the nationwide social distancing campaign, so all stores were closed, and I did not have a choice of materials. I just tried my best to finish," Long said. |
A colorful novel coronavirus wearing a mask painted by Long. |
The artist hired a crane, and used up to 6,000 bottles of paint to finish the murals in 30 days. |