Dear all, I'm the one who appreciate Reahu art and oeuvres and indeed I respect his freedom as artist but I would ask him in return to respect our Apsara identity and authenticity. Mr Heahu must be careful in his choice of model to represent Khmer Apsara. He should stop to soil our Apsara with these models of chin yuon or Siamese figures. In case he then wants to modernize or enlarge Apsara art, it should be done at least with some reflections and respects for our traditional Apsara.
Thank you Bopha Angkor ----- Original Message ----- From: Khoar Chev To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:50 PM Subject: [angkoriansociety] Re: Artist Reahu caused a stir in Thailand with his sexy Apsara drawing of actress Suwanan Kongying Dera all, I praise Reahu for his beautiful art works...but I don't understand why he needs to use this " Phkai Choar Siem " face on Khmer Absara? Maybe someone here or the Artist himself can explain this? To me, this Phkai Choar Siem don't have any value to share our Khmer Absara or Angkor's pride at all. Khoar Chev ( Made in Cambodia ) --- On Sun, 2/22/09, khmerization junior <[email protected]> wrote: From: khmerization junior <[email protected]> Subject: [angkoriansociety] Artist Reahu caused a stir in Thailand with his sexy Apsara drawing of actress Suwanan Kongying To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 8:26 PM Dear All, Artist Reahu has done it again. In 2008, he has caused a stir in Cambodia with his many erotic and sensual bare-breasted drawings of Khmer Apsaras (celestial dancers). Now he has caused a stir in Thailand with his bare-breasted drawing of popular Thai actress, Ms Suwanan Kongying, known as Pkay Preuk (Morning Star) in Cambodia. Suwanan had allegedly made comments that Angkor Wat belong to Thailand which cause riots in Phnom Penh in 2003 which culminated into the burning of the Thai embassy by angry protesters. Please click below to read the article and see the drawing of Ms Suwana that caused a stir in Thailand. http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/02/artist-reahu-caused-stir-in-thailand.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
