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8/4/2019 Press Release Romeet
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
ROMEET GALLERY34E1 Street 178, Phnom Penh
www.phareps.org
Top Art Gallery155 E2, Sisowath Quay I Phnom Penh
6.30pm, 13th October
Public Launch of Romeet Gallery - combined opening at Top Art GalleryCONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION - COCKTAIL RECEPTION - STREET PARTY LIVE MUSIC CIRCUS PERFORMANCE
LIVE PAINTING BY BO RITHY, KAT ENG, SOU SOPHY, NOV CHEANICK AND SIN RITHY!
Romeet Gallery is a new contemporary art gallery opened by Phare Ponleu Selpak. Established as a Phnom Penh platformfor emerging and established alumni of the Phares Visual Art School, Romeet promises to be a dynamic space for
exhibitions, talks, workshops and local and international exchange.
To inaugurate the space, new Gallery Manager, Kate OHara (Co-curator of the recent Our City Festival) and Gallery
Assistant, Khenory Sok, have organized a group exhibition at Romeet showcasing the diverse practices of the Phares staple
artists. New figurative and portraiture work by Sin Rithy depicting the trauma of the Khmer Rouge period will be exhibited.
Pen Robit, who is has just departed for further study in France, will present new portraiture, further pushing his distinctive
abstract style, using purely line work to express the emotions of his poverty stricken subjects. Having recently returned
from further study at the Pivaut Applied Art School in France, Nov Cheanick, will exhibit works exploring new techniques
from his time there. Also included in the exhibition will be work by Hour Seyha, Lao Lon and Loeum Lorn.
Art will also be shared across the two galleries, with Bo Rithy, Sin Rithy and Pen Robit exhibiting new work at Top Art as well
as painting live on a 7 metre long canvas on location. Thang Sothea Of Top Art Gallery will be exhibiting paintings atRomeet from his series that plays with the signifier and the signified in typography, distorting and animating Khmer
font.
This is a really exciting time for Battambang artists with the opening of several new spaces in Battambang itself, it seemed
inevitable that a professional gallery be opened in Phnom Penh to share the energy and new developments. Kate
OHara, Gallery Manager
Romeet is great because it allows the artists to present their works. It is also a venue where they can develop their practice
and build rewarding networks. Tor Vutha, one of the Founders of Phare Ponleu Selpak
In the coming year Romeet gallery has some interesting projects planned, working with young artists on solo shows, artist
run spaces from around Cambodia, international artist exchanges and thematic curated shows. In addition to this aneducational program, catering to all ages, will accompany the exhibition program, beginning with a childrens Drawing andPainting Workshop.
Please contact Kate OHara on 092 953 567 or [email protected] for further information or to interview individual
artists.
Drawing and Painting Workshop
An unusual, creative and rewarding activity for children between 8 and 12 years old.
Young artists graduated from Phare Ponleu Selpak will offer different themes and technique s in drawing and painting forchildren from 8 to 12 years old.
Starting Saturday 15th, 22nd, and 29th of October and on the Saturday 5th and 19th November from 2pm to 5pm.The fee is 100$ for 15 hours of lessons.
To enrol and to get more information please contact us: [email protected]
Romeet Gallery is sponsored by Total Cambodia Airports Sunway Hotel and Asia Trails.