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…
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Cambodian Goddesses by Steve Tierney
Posted in Enthusiasts, Sign Features Tagged with: Beauty, Beauty Salon, Cambodian Goddesses, Enthusiast, Steve Tierney
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
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
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…
