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.
Note: Electronic version of catalogue available at CD.001219.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
Location code
MON.LES4
Language
English
Keyword
mixed media,  fibre art,  collage,  painting,  sculpture,  installation,  war,  memory,  solo exhibition
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
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