Vong Phaophanit, artist and art
Born 1961, Birth Savannakhet, Laos.
The artist lives and works in London UK.
Works in partnership with Claire Oboussier
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"…the viewer will, it is hoped, better be able to sense his/her relation with the environment of which s/he is a part. In this sense the trunks will function rather like a frame surrounding a painting. They embody a strong physical presence of their own and yet beyond this and more important are the apertures which perforate their solid form and open onto the world beyond. It is hoped that our gaze will be awakened by this myriad of fragments glimpsed through 720 passages"…
Neon Rice Field
Vong Phaophanit is best-known for sculptural works and installations in which he quietly captures the viewer’s attention by making ordinary materials strange and then slowly reveals multiple layers of often contradictory meanings.
In Vong Phaophanit’s Untitled 1995-99 fragments of Laotian script emerge at intervals from lengths of neon tubing…
Neon Rice field
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