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source: metmuseumorg

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 a rt consciously embodies his memories of culture and place.
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source: trfineart

Sopheap Pich is widely considered to be Cambodia’s most internationally prominent contemporary artist. Working primarily with thin strips of rattan and bamboo, he creates sculptural forms that address issues of time, memory, and the body, often relating to Cambodia’s history, particularly with regard to his recollections of life during the Khmer Rouge period (1975-79), and its culture, both its ancient traditions and contemporary struggles. Pich’s work stands out for its subtlety and power, combining refinement of form with a visceral, emotive force. After receiving his BFA and MFA in the United States, Pich returned to Cambodia in 2002, where he began working with local materials – bamboo, rattan, burlap from rice bags, beeswax and earth pigments gathered from around Cambodia – to make sculptural forms that reference social and political conditions in Cambodia. His childhood experiences during the genocidal conditions of late 1970s Cambodia had a lasting impact on his work, informing its themes of survival, family, and basic human togetherness. Pich’s work has been featured in numerous international museum exhibitions and biennials in Asia, Europe, Australia, and the United States.

In 2013, Pich’s work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Sydney, Australia (October 4 – December 14, 2013), the Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia (September 19 – October 20, 2013) and the Dojima River Biennial, Osaka, Japan (July 20 to August 18, 2013), as well as a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from February 23 to July 7, 2013. Entitled Cambodian Rattan: The Sculptures of Sopheap Pich, it featured ten sculptures from recent years, ranging from large-scale, organic forms to the grid-like Wall Reliefs shown in his 2012 installation at Documenta (13) in Kassel, Germany. The exhibition included loans from private collections as well as works from the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Arts and Design. Pich’s recent solo exhibition at Tyler Rollins Fine Art, entitled Reliefs (April 18 – June 14, 2013), featured new works from the Wall Reliefs series.

Pich’s major sculptural installation, Compound, recently on view at the Brookfield Place Winter Garden (March 18 – April 18, 2013) as part of New York City’s Season of Cambodia festival is comprised of a modular series of rattan components. The cubic elements evoke modern buildings and scaffolding, referencing Cambodia’s current construction boom, while the bomb-shaped tubular forms recall the lingering effects of the historical traumas that continue to influence Cambodia’s contemporary social and political realities. Compound has evolved as a site-adapted installation that transforms itself in response to the built environment around it. It was originally conceived for the 2011 Singapore Biennale, where it was displayed in the rotunda of Singapore’s National Museum. It was subsequently featured in Pich’s solo exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington (November 10, 2011 – April 1, 2012) and in the group show, Invisible Cities, at MASS MoCA (April 14, 2012 – March 1, 2013).
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source: vermaisdesign

Sopheap Pich, o mais famoso artista do Cambodja. Nascido em 1971 reside e trabalha em Phonom Penh. Trabalha com ratan e bambu entrelaçados criando formas entrelaçadas. Usa como inspiração o corpo humano e as plantas.
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source: amoresbohemios

Considerado uno de los más representativos en el arte actual camboyano, ha inspirado su colección en la anatomía humana, la flora y la histora de Camboya.
Obras de corte ecléctico materializadas en bambú procesado. “Siempre he pensado que la naturaleza es mucho más intersante que la política y la cultura”. “Quería llenar mi mente con lo que mis ojos ven y que opción resultaría de ello”. -Sopheap Pich-
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source: frcyclopaedia

Sopheap Pich est un artiste cambodgien né en 1971 à Battambang. Sa famille s’enfuit en Thaïlande fin 1979, puis aux Philippines en 1983 et l’année suivante aux États-Unis, où il restera jusqu’en 2001.
En 1995 il obtient le BFA en peinture à l’Université du Massachusetts, comprenant un an à l’Ecole Nationale d’Art de Cergy Pontoise.
En 1999 il décroche le MFA en peinture à The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Revenu au Cambodge, il change de média et aborde la sculpture, travaillant le rotin. Parallèlement à son travail d’artiste, il est président de Sala Arts A2A, qui vise au développement d’une scène d’art contemporain à Phnom Penh à travers le commissariat et l’exposition de jeunes artistes cambodgiens.
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source: hr-onlinede

Geboren 1971 in Koh Kralaw, Kambodscha, lebt in Phnom Penh. Sopheap Pich hat an der University of Massachusetts und der School of the Art Institute of Chicago studiert. Neben einer Einzelausstellung in der Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle (2011), hat Pich an der Fukuoka Triennale (2009) und der Asia Pacific Triennial (2009) teilgenommen (Quelle: documenta).