Creative Generation

Figure, 30 November 2019 - 31 January 2020
2019-11-30 00:00 - 23:59 UTC | 215 Street 13, F3 (Friends Futures Factory), Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Exhibition by Tyl Kan + Sana Oung Ty
30 November 2019 – 31 January 2020
F3 (Friends Futures Factory)
Tyl Kan and Sana Oung Ty worked collaboratively to produce a series of portraits of models with diverse body types. The series celebrates their beauty by presenting the models in compositions that reference works of art of idealized human form like ancient Khmer statues, artworks of the European Renaissance, and the quintessential paintings of alluring women in waterfalls and carrying pots that have been popular for many decades in the Cambodian art shops. For Figure, Tyl and Sana recruited models who are unhappy or ashamed of their bodies in some way – too skinny, overweight, hairy or have stretch marks. While they have respected their privacy and anonymity, each image is an intimate exploration of shame and the need for love and acceptance.

In the Garden of My Own Making, 30 November 2019 - 31 January 2020
2019-11-30 00:00 - 23:59
Lightbox mural by Chau Bormin
30 November 2019 – 31 January 2020
F3 (Friends Futures Factory)
“In the Garden of My Own Making” is a light box mural by Chau Bormin. His work is highly emotive and presents an alternative male identity by using flowers and soft colors that are normally associated with femininity to construct a portrait of a young man. The artist states, “…one should learn to love one’s body on one’s own terms; it shouldn’t matter what others see or what the media thinks is ideal. You make your own space in which you can freely express yourself and be content and happy.” He further asserts that the seeming contrast between the flowers and the male figure challenges the systemic falsehood that men are not emotional, caring or sensitive.
