Art analysis at Bophana

Last week my exploration called “Advertisements and communicate in Cambodia” went to Bophana. During our trip to Bophana, we went and look at some of the old advertisements that they had there. This is a piece of the art call Red Recall and it’s one of the pieces that I really interested in from the showcase. This Red Recall shows what happened during Khmer Rouge regime and how Angkar force them to marry. They used some piece of newspaper that talk about Khmer Rouge and put it on a white background. There is a piece of wheat that represent during that time they work and do farming. As you can see there is a woman and men, and the women have a heartbroken because they don’t want to marry but Angkar force them to. During Khmer rouge regime, they do this sort of things force marriages, separated family and etc. That is their uniform, black shirt, and black pants and add a little red scarf around their neck. What I really like about this piece is that they wrote Khmer letter in red which represents blood and killing. It’s hard to understand the letter underneath there but it’s give a really good context by just observing. 

 

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