By : PITEAK
Cambodia/ Born 1967
ARTIST CV

My painting is about Pol Pot who graduated from a Paris university and joined the Indochinese Communist Party, which then consisted of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. Certain foreign parties had long wanted to remove King Sihanouk from the Indochinese Communist Party as his clan had lasted many generations. Interested foreign parties promoted Comrade Pol Pot to be the leader of the Kampuchea Communist Party. In the joint agreement made by King Sihanouk and Ho Chi Minh the two agreed to give back a particular piece of territory of lower Khmer to the Cambodian government. Vietnam did not comply with this agreement, so Pol Pot was against Vietnam. Pol Pot grew fearful of his own shadow and started to get rid of his comrades who had been trained in Vietnam. He killed more than 3 million members of his own race. The words "to be killed" were disguised as "to go to study" and given as an order from higher-ranking comrades.

Cambodia/ Born 1967

In 1994 Piteak became a monk to return a good deed to his parents and then left precept in 1997 and began painting. He painted and sketched classical drawings of the Ramayana story for His Majesty Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk in Preachkeomorakot Cathedral. Based on classical drawings, accessible materials and modern visual icons, Piteak’s work reflects his personal journey as an artist and a street living individual.

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