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Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie
Flying pigs, retro hairstyles and hand grenades are among some of the images found in this book celebrating the art and craft of Cambodia's hand-painted advertising. The book introduces the signs, the people who paint them, and explores their links to Cambodian art, culture and history.The stories of the signs and their makers are inseparable from events in Cambodia over the last 40 years, notably the impact of the infamous Khmer Rouge regime. This crushed both art and commerce, the two spheres of activity straddled by these hand-painted signs. Their rise and gradual fall since this time takes the reader up to the current day and the uncertain future faced by this characteristic feature of Cambodia's streets.In considering the signs, the sign painters speak and share their thoughts, while others provide insights from the perspective of outsiders living and working in Cambodia. These include the author's reflections on his own engagement with the signs, and the stories they tell. This book is his tribute to this charming piece of Cambodian culture that has endured a turbulent past and faces similarly rough waters ahead.The signs featured in this book are given full English translations in a comprehensive notes section. A Khmer translation of the text is also available on the website, alongside a host of other bonus material including videos, additional photographs, and useful links: http: //kratie.ghostsigns.co.uk.
Book Details
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: Oct 30th, 2012
- Pages: 140
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 8.50in - 0.36in - 0.58lb
- EAN: 9781478388715
- Categories: • Graphic Arts - Advertising
About the Author
Sam Roberts is a photographer, writer and researcher with a passion for hand-painted signs. This interest started in Stoke Newington, London, where he catalogued the fading remains of advertising painted onto buildings a.k.a. 'Ghostsigns'. He has subsequently written numerous articles on the subject and, in early 2010, launched the History of Advertising Trust Ghostsigns Archive. This archive records, photographically, hundreds of examples of hand-painted advertising on walls from across the UK and Ireland. In September 2010, Sam moved to Cambodia to work alongside his wife with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). Based in the North Eastern town of Kratie, he dedicated his free time to recording the hand-painted signs he found there. This book is the result of these investigations. Sam's passion for hand-painted signs continues and his research can be followed on the Ghostsigns blog at http: //www.ghostsigns.co.uk.