Cambodian Rattan The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

February 23 - July 7 2013

1000 5th Ave  New York, NY 10028

(212) 535-7710

As part of the "Season of Cambodia" Living Arts Festival, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be exhibiting the work of Cambodian Artist Sopheap Pich. Check out the video below as well as these incredible pictures, and check out our post on the Season of Cambodia Festival for more info and other incredible artists.

 

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This exhibition presents ten works by the contemporary Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich (born 1971), who lives and works in Phnom Penh. Pich works principally in rattan and bamboo, constructing organic open-weave forms that are solid and ethereal, representational and abstract. Much of his work is inspired by elements of the human anatomy or plant life. His constructions combine his training as a painter with the spatial conceptualization of a sculptor, creating three-dimensional objects that are largely defined by their graphic character. Pich's art consciously embodies his memories of culture and place.