Nou Sary - From Street Kid to Recognized Artist

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Nou Sary - From Street Kid to Recognized Artist

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Nou Sary – Portraying Cambodia’s Traditional Life in Paintings of Humans and Nature
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Painting by Cambodian artist Nou Sary entitled “Rainy Season 5.” Photo provided by Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra Hotel.
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By Teng Yalirozy September 30, 2022 7:30 PM

PHNOM PENH—Growing rice in the paddy fields and living according to Nature’s cycles have been Cambodians’ traditional way of life. While this is changing and this lifestyle may one day be forgotten due to the changing environment and digital age, humans and Nature cannot be entirely apart.

Cambodian artist Nou Sary addresses this, speaking of Nature and Cambodians working in rice fields in his latest series of paintings entitled “Human and Nature” exhibited at the Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra Hotel through October. [2022]
“Why Nature,” he said during an interview. “I want to demonstrate that we, human beings, all around the world need Nature,” Sary said. “These paintings are…showing that we cannot live without Nature.”

These paintings, he said, are meant to create emotions and draw people’s attention to elements of life in the country: the portrayal of humans, rice fields, water and nature in general. Reflecting a love of Cambodians’ traditional way of life, the 17 paintings in the exhibition reflects a time when work in the fields was done by hand and with love, without today’s equipment that, of course, facilitates agriculture.

Nature is a theme that Sary has addressed throughout his career, and which led him to win an award in France in 2005.

In his depictions of workers in the fields, he uses green as a reflection of forests and plants, blue for water and grey for the soil: the elements of the natural environment in which human beings live and where, at times, they seek solace from the bustling cities with their skyscrapers.

The exhibition also includes sculptures made of materials found in nature. “Man Harvest” was sculpted with climbing plants Sary found in the forest. Another entitled “Family” is made of iron and jute, or krochau in Khmer, which is a long and silky fiber that can be spun into strong, coarse threads and which Cambodians weave to make mats.

“These…sculptures are made from natural elements extracted from the forest in Cambodia, ”he said. “I don’t understand this [era] where people commit deforestation and take [forest] land for sale,” the artist said. “It hurts my feelings, and sooner or later, the Planet Earth will be destroyed.”
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