Leang Seckon: Growing Wings

A pioneer in Cambodian contemporary art, Leang Seckon produces works that are both narrative and autobiographical. His creative process allows him to record, understand and digest his past and the living present alongside the collective Khmer psyche. Leang Seckon often looks at the latest technological changes with an ancient sense of wonder. The pervasive presence of modern telecommunications thus takes on a quasi-deified quality in his works. Symbols of social media frequently appear on his tableaux together with the indispensable Wi-Fi logo. Yet, he stresses that however ancient or post-modern a society is, the human desire to explore the unknown remains unchanged, and the sky is one of the best illustrations of such ambitions.