Join us at AUPP, Hallway from Jan 20 – Jan 24 to view this distinctive and meaningful statue of the Hornbill by Cambodian artist Ouk Chim Vichet. This display is made possible by the School of Social Sciences, headed by Prof. Raimund Weiss, and supported by the course, HUMN 110: Arts and Culture, taught by Prof. Joshua Wilwohl and Prof. Keneth Robinson.
In HUMN 110: Arts and Culture, students learn about how the two subjects intertwine—influencing, inspiring, and encouraging people to embrace cultural fluency. They explore various forms of art, in both western and non-western cultures, and some of the subject matter relates to Cambodia, such as Hornbill by Ouk Chim Vichet. Other topics of study include art as an idea, cultural fluency, and the concepts of attention and patience.
*Open to public, free entry.
About the artist:
Ouk Chim Vichet lives and works in Phnom Penh. He graduated from the Modern Sculpture Department at the Royal University of Fine Art (RUFA) in Phnom Penh.
Since 2006, he has been a teacher of Architecture and Urbanism at RUFA. When he was still a student, he worked on the Peace Art Project of Cambodia, created in part by British artist Sasha Constable. They reused weapons, turning them into art as an expression of peace. Later on, he started using a variety of materials, including metal, stone, and wood.
Vichet is also a painter, exploring the elements of Cambodian identity and culture. His artworks are about trying to end the feeling of suffering, destruction, and loss of lives and to change people’s perception of what they see as love, humanity, and peace.
His exhibitions have been featured in art galleries, museums, institutions, schools, embassies, hotels, and restaurants in Cambodia. His most-famous sculpture, Apsara Warrior (2004), is on display at The University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
— Cambodian Contemporary Visual Artists