Cambodia:The Killing Fields
Cambodia: The Killing Fields
112 x 86 cm
Materials: White cotton, recycled denim & cotton t-shirts, diluted fabric dyes, silk dyes, computer printed images, machine embroidery threads, wool wadding.
Technique: Photo manipulation, prepared cotton printed with images, layering, piecing, stitches designed by artist on computer and stitched in frame on sewing machine.
The Artist as Quiltmaker XV
The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA)
Oberlin Ohio May 12 - July 29, 2012
Nick Mosey
June 1, 2010 at 8:38pm
A superb piece of art - the most powerful of the lot but hard for an American audience. On the other hand if it’s not out of your comfort zone why bother.
Paulette Hayes
June 1, 2010 at 8:47pm
Thank you sweetheart - what do I owe you for this comment.
Susie Fay
June 1, 2010 at 10:18pm
AMAZING!!! You never cease to suprise me with even more creative work!!!
Mark Smith
June 29, 2010 at 3:50am
Hi Paulette, this work is good. PS Which K R took the photo?
Susanne Shand
A story unfolded in a highly creative and expressive manner.
Created such a buzz at the Fair very compelling.
I was telling Kate Taylor about yesterday afternoon and she was intrigued!
Kristy Fleming
December 8, 2010 at 5:53pm
Wow. This is amazing. I love the reference to the layering of dirt and the layering of history - it makes perfect sense when you have also actually visited the Killing Fields. I love that the top layer and outer surrounding is beautiful green leaves because whilst, again, it reflects the actual location of the Killing Fields, it also demonstrates the tendency in Cambodia to hide their history and the complexity of their culture in a superficial coating. It annoys me how everyone who goes to Cambodia to visit briefly says to me "they are such happy, smiley people" when they have such a violent history and, more pertinently for me, such a violent present.
Paulette Hayes
December 8, 2010 at 9:33pm
And who can forget that blood stained tiled floor in the school.
Priscilla Sinatra
December 9, 2010 at 8:24pm
You are a genius. It is a difficult piece to look at , it's true. But they were the innocent collateral damage.
Kristy Fleming
March 14, 2012
Paulette - Can I share this artwork on Voice sometime? I really think it's great.
June 1, 2010 at 8:38pm
A superb piece of art - the most powerful of the lot but hard for an American audience. On the other hand if it’s not out of your comfort zone why bother.
Paulette Hayes
June 1, 2010 at 8:47pm
Thank you sweetheart - what do I owe you for this comment.
Susie Fay
June 1, 2010 at 10:18pm
AMAZING!!! You never cease to suprise me with even more creative work!!!
Mark Smith
June 29, 2010 at 3:50am
Hi Paulette, this work is good. PS Which K R took the photo?
Susanne Shand
A story unfolded in a highly creative and expressive manner.
Created such a buzz at the Fair very compelling.
I was telling Kate Taylor about yesterday afternoon and she was intrigued!
Kristy Fleming
December 8, 2010 at 5:53pm
Wow. This is amazing. I love the reference to the layering of dirt and the layering of history - it makes perfect sense when you have also actually visited the Killing Fields. I love that the top layer and outer surrounding is beautiful green leaves because whilst, again, it reflects the actual location of the Killing Fields, it also demonstrates the tendency in Cambodia to hide their history and the complexity of their culture in a superficial coating. It annoys me how everyone who goes to Cambodia to visit briefly says to me "they are such happy, smiley people" when they have such a violent history and, more pertinently for me, such a violent present.
Paulette Hayes
December 8, 2010 at 9:33pm
And who can forget that blood stained tiled floor in the school.
Priscilla Sinatra
December 9, 2010 at 8:24pm
You are a genius. It is a difficult piece to look at , it's true. But they were the innocent collateral damage.
Kristy Fleming
March 14, 2012
Paulette - Can I share this artwork on Voice sometime? I really think it's great.
VOICE
I have been fortunate enough to have met and gotten to know Kristy Fleming (see above) when she was a school student and for a time my son's girlfriend. Kristy spoke at the Myall Creek Memorial gathering and she impressed me greatly with her intelligence, her concern for others and her grace. Kristy has been working in Cambodia for many years and has recently set up the organisation VOICE.
VOICE works with socially and economically marginalised people to make sure that they are recognised and acknowledged.
VOICE utilises a variety of methods to ensure that the stories of marginalised and disempowered people are heard.
VOICE works to equip marginalised and disempowered people with the skills, knowledge, resources and support necessary to enable them to change their own lives.
VOICE works with the understanding that it is the voices and actions of marginalised and disempowered people themselves that must lead the path to their development and their future.
VOICE works under the belief that with the right tools and support, everybody has the potential to change their lives for the better.
VOICE acknowledges that marginalised and disempowered people are more vulnerable to discrimination, abuse and exploitation than others and deserve the opportunity to improve their lives.
Here is the web address for VOICE and more information if you would like to help in some way.
http://www.voice.org.au/
VOICE works with socially and economically marginalised people to make sure that they are recognised and acknowledged.
VOICE utilises a variety of methods to ensure that the stories of marginalised and disempowered people are heard.
VOICE works to equip marginalised and disempowered people with the skills, knowledge, resources and support necessary to enable them to change their own lives.
VOICE works with the understanding that it is the voices and actions of marginalised and disempowered people themselves that must lead the path to their development and their future.
VOICE works under the belief that with the right tools and support, everybody has the potential to change their lives for the better.
VOICE acknowledges that marginalised and disempowered people are more vulnerable to discrimination, abuse and exploitation than others and deserve the opportunity to improve their lives.
Here is the web address for VOICE and more information if you would like to help in some way.
http://www.voice.org.au/