Opening reception: November 12, 2009, 6-8PM
It is with great pleasure that Tyler Rollins Fine Art presents Sopheap Pich’s first New York solo exhibition. Pich has been very active on the international stage in recent years, and he is now considered to be Cambodia’s most prominent contemporary artist.
His exhibition for Tyler Rollins Fine Art is a particularly personal one, as it is inspired by his childhood recollections of life during the Khmer Rouge period. The physical and psychological hardships of this traumatic period were seared into the artist’s memory. With The Pulse Within, Pich has looked deep into himself – and also into the psyche of Cambodia – to investigate the troubling currents swirling beneath the surface of daily life.
Issues of time, memory, and the body are integral to Pich’s work. For this exhibition, he has created a dynamic group of sculptural forms derived from the internal organs of the human body, such as the heart, lungs, and intestines. These function as visceral reminders of the past and of the intimate, physical connections between human beings.
This year has been an exciting one for Pich. In addition to completing a major outdoor sculptural installation at the Kind Abdullah University in Saudi Arabia, he is being featured in two of Asia’s most prestigious art events: the Fukuoka Asian Art Triennale in Fukuoka Japan; and the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane, Australia.
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Image: RAFT, 2009 BAMBOO, RATTAN, WOOD, WIRE, METAL BOLTS 88.5 X 177 X 51.5 IN
