This painted Cambodian sign, advertising a ‘Welder of Metal’, is certainly one of the most curious I have come across so far. I first heard about it when it was advertised for sale, here on Khmer 440 Cambodian Forums. It…
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Sat Lo, Hitler and Chaplin in Cambodia
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Adolf Hitler, Cambodia, Charlie Chaplin, Khmer, Sat Lo, Tom Kramer, Welder
Cambodian Goddesses by Steve Tierney
Notions of beauty are discussed in one of chapters in the book, provoked by the many painted signs in Cambodia for hair and makeup shops. The depictions of women on these signs varies considerably, although they are often portrayed with…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Sign Features Tagged with: Beauty, Beauty Salon, Cambodian Goddesses, Enthusiast, Steve Tierney
On the Screens of Cambodia’s Hand-Painted Signs
Gordon sent me this picture that I never saw while researching the book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie. It is from Roka Kandal, just South of Kratie town, and reads ‘Repair Television, Tape Player, VCD’ (VCDs are Video CDs). Like Gordon…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Bantaey Minchaey, Cambodia, Computer, Gordon Congdon, Kampong Cham, Khmer, Kratie, Mobile Phone, Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri, Roka Kandal, TV
Cambodian Shop Signs by Joel Montague
Joel Montague has recently made a brilliant addition to the published material on Cambodia’s hand-painted signs. ‘Cambodian Shop Signs: Free-Market Signage in a Post-Marxist Society‘ is a detailed account of the form, featuring over 80 colour images. It is the…
Posted in Books, Enthusiasts, Resources Tagged with: Book, Cambodia, Enthusiast, Hand-Painted, Joel Montague, Khmer, Review
Flying Condoms and Bambi from Alex Diment
I love these public information/social campaigns captured by Alex Diment during his time working on landmine issues in North-West Cambodia. First up is a sexual health campaign from Kampong Thom province suggesting that using condoms can be as fun as…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Alex Diment, Anlong Veng, Cambodia, Kampong Thom, Khmer, Landmines, Preah Vihear, Public Information, Sexual Health, Social Campaigns, Wildlife
Hand-painted Cambodian signs at trunkh.
The popularity of hand-painted signs in Cambodia seems to be increasing on a daily basis. During last week’s ‘road show’ to launch the book in Phnom Penh I learned of a new shop that, among many other things, is selling…
Posted in Enthusiasts Tagged with: Cambodia, Doug Gordon, Enthusiast, Marianne Waller, Phnom Penh, Shop, trunkh., Vann Molyvann
Another book: Carnet de rencontres au Cambodge: au fil des routes…
Hand-painted signs from Cambodia are clearly in vogue. This week I learned about the publication of another book on the topic, following Robert Joiner’s in 2005 and my own this month. The new book was launched with an exhibition in…
Posted in Books, Enthusiasts, Events Tagged with: Book, Carnet de rencontres au Cambodge, Christian Provoost, Exhibition, French, Phnom Penh, Sophie Provoost
The Phnom Penh Look at Java Arts
Cambodian hand-painted signs are clearly in vogue. Today sees the opening of the first of two exhibitions centred on the topic in Phnom Penh, the second being my own which will open on 4th December. (There is also the Fowler…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Events Tagged with: Barbers, Beauty, Event, Exhibition, Friends International, Java Arts, Jim Tulloch, Phnom Penh, The Phnom Penh Look
Koh Kong Blues
We’ve currently got guests over from the UK and my wife has taken them to Koh Kong in the South West of the country from where she has sent this despatch of signs, all painted on blue in the traditional…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Sign Features Tagged with: Cambodia, Dentist, Gilly Clifford, Guard Dog, HiFi, Khmer, Koh Kong, White on Blue
Cambodian Shop Signs in LA
The Fowler Museum at the University of California is holding a four-month exhibition from 2nd December featuring the collection of Joel Montague, part of which he has donated to them. The sign above is among those that will be exhibited.…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Events Tagged with: Cambodian Shop Signs, Collecting, Enthusiast, Exhibition, Fowler Museum, Joel Montague, LA, Los Angeles, UCLA, University of California
Hand Painted Signs of Cambodia Flickr group
If you haven’t done so already then I’d highly recommend browsing the Flickr group, Hand Painted Signs of Cambodia. It is a real treasure trove of content, mixing the beautiful, bizarre and bemusing in one nifty package. A number of…
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Resources Tagged with: Beauty, Beauty Salon, Cambodia, Community, Education, Enthusiast, Erik Bos, Flickr, Kampong Speu
Foreword from Joel Montague
Joel Montague is a veteran of hand-painted signs in Cambodia and his collection is a unique record of those from the 1990s. I was fortunate enough to make contact with Joel in the USA ahead of publishing my book and…
Posted in Enthusiasts Tagged with: Aesthetic Surgery, Beauty Salon, Collecting, Enthusiast, Joel Montague, Strong Man
Collage Art Posters from Steve Tierney
Steve Tierney is another enthusiast for Cambodia’s hand-painted signs. Whereas I have directed my own interest towards creating the book, Steve has interpreted the signs through his series of “Collage Art Posters”. I caught up with him to learn more…
Posted in Enthusiasts Tagged with: Art, Collage, Collage Art Posters, Enthusiast, Phnom Penh, Posters, Russian Market, Steve Tierney, Vintage Shop
Did you see this one? Sign Art in Cambodian Life
Robert Joiner is a New Zealand photo-journalist who spent the early part of the 2000s volunteering with the New Zealand Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA). Like me he was drawn to the hand-painted signs he discovered here and his images were…
Replica hand-painted signs at Bojangles in Phnom Penh
This is one of a collection of replica hand-painted signs on display at Bojangles bar and restaurant on Phnom Penh’s riverfront. The signs are sold as souvenirs and aim to provide income for rural signpainters. They are scaled down from…
Posted in Enthusiasts Tagged with: Bojangles, Exhibition, Hand-Painted, Phnom Penh, Replicas, Souvenir
Collecting hand-painted signs from Kratie
I’d been considering buying a handful of signs that I really like for a couple of weeks and had even got as far as opening negotiations with a couple of the owners. I then had to go to the countryside…
Guard dogs and film stars
Working on the book has brought me into contact with a number of fellow enthusiasts. One of these, Cassandra Naji, has kindly shared a couple of her photos, so thank you Cassandra. The picture above, from Battambang, shows a number of…
Posted in Enthusiasts Tagged with: Animals, Battambang, Cassandra Naji, Film Star, Guard Dog, Kratie, Phnom Penh
