Ground-breaking exhibition at the National Museum of Cambodia

In the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh this week, Cambodian artists who have participated in the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) take centre stage in a landmark exhibition, acknowledging the role QAGOMA has played in supporting projects by Cambodian artists through its collecting and exhibition program. Histories of the Future places some of…

Memories continue to be motifs in Leang Seckon’s works

Leang Seckon is one of the few remaining artists in Cambodia who lived through, and directly experienced, the Khmer Rouge period (1975–79). His memories of this time, and his upbringing in the difficult era that followed, continue to be motifs in his works. Leang’s paintings are strongly autobiographical and reflect his experiences of the tumultuous…

Highlight: Leang Seckon ‘Indochina’

Leang Seckon’s powerful and vivid paintings are at the forefront of a growing Cambodian contemporary art scene. In his practice Seckon’s personal history is intertwined with his country’s past and its outlook for the future. This recent acquisition features in ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8), opening in November this year. Leang…