Solo show by Leang Seckon 'Hell on Earth'

Rossi & Rossi is pleased to announce Hell on Earth, contemporary Cambodian artist Leang Seckon’s second solo show with the gallery. The exhibition, held at Asia House, London, features a body of recent paintings, collages and video works by the artist.

The artist’s collages and paintings are intimate narratives of his memories from the period and the civil war that followed. The process of creating artworks simultaneously allows him to experience and express the freedom that was denied to him as a youth. However, Seckon’s work also acts as a warning: like the Buddh Damnay, it cautions against corruption and the destruction of the environment, drawing parallels between Cambodia’s present and its past.

The artist will be visiting London from 22 to 29 June, during which time he will be available for interviews. Please contact the gallery to arrange a time to speak with him.

Leang Seckon was born in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, in the early 1970s, around the time of the onset of the American bombings of Indochina. The artist grew up during the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian-Vietnamese War. A 2002 graduate of the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Seckon participated in the 2012 Shanghai Biennale. He is considered one of the foremost members of the emerging Cambodian contemporary art scene