Unnamed Pile by Meas Sokhorn
Exhibition Opening: Thurs, January 12, 6.30pm at the Institut Français (Phnom Penh)

Artist statement: The new enterprises of Art generate no problems between collectors, galleries and “workers.” The strike is totally absent from their relationship despite the lack of pay or holidays… Art works according the preferences of artists, customers and resellers.

However, the lack of good manners around the art, starting with the absence of inauguration, leads the market in uncertainty. Artists, already very fragile, copy themselves to conform to the market and all the works tend to look alike. Victims of certain form of piracy, the qualities of some artists remain unknown. Is not this that is splitting, destroying the very essence of the word “ART”? Who will save the fragile, even catastrophic, situation in which is art in this country?

Born in 1977, Meas Sokhorn studied Interior Design at the Royal University of Fine Arts of Phnom Penh. He quickly discovered his interest in contemporary art particularly in making large-scale installation works. He participated in the Melbourne International Arts Festival, has been in residence in Long Beach USA and one of his art work is at the Singapore Art Museum.
He lives and works in Phnom Penh.