“I want to explain and make people understand about the issues in society,” he said at a recent public talk.įellow Phare Ponleu Selpak alumni Nov Cheanick, whose work is currently on display at the Four Rising Talents from South-East Asia exhibition at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery in Hong Kong, is also exploring the nature of modern society, using images of US President Barack Obama in his Freedom series. The troupe comprises live singers and musicians in traditional Khmer costumes, performing eight classical dances of ethnic minorities from all over Cambodia. Footprints represent wounds flip-flops illustrate slavery red is a symbol of fear. Cambodian Living Arts revived the art by gathering surviving master artists to train and pass on their knowledge to younger generations.
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Hour’s highly emotive paintings-in muted yellows, reds and blues-are full of symbols of his time abroad. Experience Cambodian Living Arts: Its Alive - See 1353 traveler reviews, 962 candid photos, and great deals for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, at Tripadvisor. 49331 New York, NY 10003 1-844-CLA-ARTS (1-84) Welcome to Cambodian Living Arts ARTS FOR TRANSFORMATION Cambodian Living Arts (CLA), is a 501c3 non-profit organization working in Cambodia. The organization, which began in 1986 in a refugee camp, has helped develop a generation of raw talent. Hour, who is now in his early 20s, lived in an orphanage before eventually starting art classes at Battambang-based charity Phare Ponleu Selpak. In his early teens he worked in Thailand, at times illegally, to support his impoverished family.
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One such artist is Hour Seyha whose recent series Waiting for Sunrise explored his experience of child labor. “The energy and motivation of these artists combine the traditional Cambodian visual linage with new aesthetics to reflect on contemporary issues that are local, but have global resonance.” “You are seeing artists responding to socio-political implications with a great deal of urgency,” said Kate O’Hara, manager of Romeet Gallery in Phnom Penh, who has seen increasing numbers of international collectors enter the country. They do this by building the capacity of artists and the arts community, by promoting awareness of the arts, and by advocating for the arts with cultural policymakers and major institutions.
Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) is a Cambodia-based non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate the transformation of Cambodia through the arts.
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