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After troubled past, new expressions in Cambodian art

Article about the current situation of the visual arts in Cambodia. By Robert Turnbull, in: International Herald Tribune, 5 July 2006. [en]

9 - 31 December 2005

Cambodian Artists are Doing It

Review of the exhibition Visual Arts Open, Dec. 2005 in Phnom Penh. By Suzanne Spunner, in: Art Fairs International, July/Aug. 2006. [en]

Cambodian Contemporary Arts

Artists in Cambodia and the diaspora, bibliography, crafts, etc. Published by the Providence College Dept. of Art and Art History, 2001. [en]

Citing Angkor: The 'Cambodian arts' in the age of restoration, 1918-2000

Thesis by Ingrid Muan: a survey of art training and visual production in Cambodia from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Columbia University, New York, 2001. [en]

Eiko & Koma: Cambodian Stories

A multi-disciplinary collaboration of the USA based Japanese performance artists with young artists who study and work at the Reyum Institute in Phnom Penh. An exhibition of their paintings accompanies the following tour in 2006. [en]

Emergence

The current art scene in Phnom Penh: galleries, art promoters, artists. By Linda Saphan, in: NYArts Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2006. [en]

First Impressions

Cambodian contemporary art on Amit May's virtual gallery. [en]

Fische und Ameisen

In Cambodia there is a small art community, which seeks to position itself between a magnificent and an atrocious past. By Susanne Mayer, ZEIT online, 28.3.2006. [de]

7 February 2004 - 30 January 2005

Identities versus Globalisation?

Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia. Exhibition in Chiang Mai, Bangkok and Berlin, 2004. Online catalogue, includes: Marine Ky, Chhoeun Rithy, Say Saret, Som Sophon, Khun Sovanrith, Chan Vitharin (Cambodia); Kongphat Luangrat (Laos); Aye Ko, Myint Myint Tin, Myint Swe (Myanmar). [de, en]

Ingrid Muan

Orbituary of the art historian, co-founder of Reyum Gallery in Phnom Penh, important researcher and promoter of contemporary Cambodian art. Died in January 2005. [en]

11 January - 10 February 2000

The Legacy of Absence

10 Cambodian artists confront the past. Exhibition at Reyum Gallery in Phnom Penh, Jan. 2000. On the website statements and works of all the artists, introduction by Sarah Stephens. [en]

The Legacy Project: Cambodian Killing Fields

The Legacy Project aims to create a global exchange relating to the enduring consequences of historical tragedies of the 20th century. Information about the massacres commited by the Khmer Rouge 1975-79; related works mainly by Cambodian artists. [en]

21 August 2006 - 1 August 2008

The Mekong Art and Culture Project

Two-year art collaboration project (2006-08) involving four countries and eight art institutes across the Mekong region. Workshops, art camps, research grants, and a contemporary art exhibition. [en]

Meta House - Exhibitions

Listing and documentation of exhibitions at Meta House, the art, media and communication center in Phnom Penh. [en]

More Than Memories

Article by Michelle Vachon and Kay Kimsong about Marine Ky's exhibition “Back in Time (of Peace)”, published in The Cambodia Daily, Dec. 2003. [en]

1 October 2003 - 1 November 2004

Peace Art Project Cambodia (PAPC)

Project at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh. Cambodian students learn under the instruction of artists from other countries how to turn weapons into art. Website of British artist Sasha Constable, co-founder of PAPC. [en]

Picturing What Democracy Should Be

Students from the Reyum Kasumisou Art School portray principles of freedom. U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh. Article by Michelle Vachon, The Cambodia Daily, Jan. 2004. [en]

7 - 24 September 2008

Strategies from Within

Vietnamese and Cambodian Contemporary Art. 15 artists and groups, Ke Center, Shanghai. [de, en, es]

Svay Ken: Light at the Beginning of the Tunnel

Article about the contemporary painter. By Bruce Blowitz, in: NYArts Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2006. [en]

Vann Nath

Biography of the painter. Article in the German version of Wikipedia. [de]

Vann Nath. ppp: health fades for tuol sleng witness

The personal situation of the painter, one of only 7 survivors of S-21, an interrogation center of the Khmer Rouge where over 17,000 prisoners have been killed. By Phatry Derek Pan and Cat Barton, in: Phnom Penh Post, Issue 15/05, March 10-23, 2006. [en]

Vann Nath. The Survivor of Tuol Sleng

Feature about the painter who suvived the Tuol Sleng detention camp during the Khmer Rouge regime. By CBC News: Sunday: His Story, Background, Picture Gallery, Ressources. [en]

31 December 2002 - 31 January 2003

Visions of the Future

21 Cambodian artists. Exhibition at the Reyum Institute in Phnom Penh, opened 31 Dec. 2002. Review by Michelle Vachon, in: The Cambodia Daily, 28 Dec. 2002. [en]

9 - 31 December 2005

Visual Arts Open 2005

19 Cambodian artists in 8 galleries and shops in Phnom Penh, 9 - 31 Dec. 2005. Curators: Linda Saphan, Sopheap Pich. Extensive information on the website, incl. biographies, images. [en]

 

 

 

 

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