This catalogue was published in conjunction with Leang Seckon’s first solo exhibition in Europe, held at Rossi and Rossi from March to April 2010. He was born during the outbreak of the American bombing of Vietnam and Cambodia and grew up during the rise of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. The exhibition presents some twenty paintings and collages centered around a sculptural installation, all based on the theme of the skirt his mother wore during pregnancy and his infancy. Each work contains an allegory wrapped in the memories and personal narratives of Seckon’s childhood and chronicles an undocumented Cambodia. Within the omnipresent spectre of warfare and violence Seckon depicts, there is an irrepressible fire of the spirit and culture of the Cambodian people. Artist's interview is included in the essays. With biography.

Note: Electronic version of catalogue available at CD.001219.
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Onsite

Location code
MON.LES4
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2010

ISBN / ISSN

9781906576165

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Heavy Skirt - Tara SHAW-JACKSON

Flowers Come From My Mouth - Anne Elizabeth MOORE

Heavy Skirt: Leang Seckon
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Heavy Skirt: Leang Seckon