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Sopheap Pich
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| Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich’s sculptures respond to and connect with his surroundings. After training in the United States and France, Pich returned to Cambodia and began using local materials such as rattan, bamboo and burlap that are primarily used in craft and agriculture. His refined, expressive works hover between abstraction and figuration, reflecting upon everyday Cambodian life, history, personal experience, and phenomena he observes in the natural environment. Compound, commissioned for SB2011, uses simple modular forms to create a large aggregate structure that will dominate the foyer of the National Museum. The work is inspired by rapid urban development and its environmental effects; as Pich says, “Through history there’s this endless cycle of building and destruction. Can we build without destroying?” |
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Born 1971, Battambang, Cambodia; lives and works in Phnom Penh
Compound, 2011
Bamboo, rattan, plywood, metal wire
83 units, various dimensions
Installation dimensions 400 x 250 x 250 cm approx.
Commissioned by the National Museum of Singapore for the Singapore Biennale 2011
Courtesy Sopheap Pich
Photo: Singapore Art Museum
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