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The Artist Project: Sopheap Pich

Feb 29, 2016 3 MINUTES
"It's about focus, it's about attention, but it's also about being free ..."

Artist Sopheap Pich reflects on Vincent van Gogh's drawings in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Sopheap Pich, born in 1971, is a Cambodian sculptor who works with bamboo and rattan.

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A hanging buddha woven out of ratan and wire by artist Sopheap Pich

Sopheap Pich (born Battambang, Cambodia, 1971)

Buddha 2, 2009

Rattan, wire, dye; 100 × 29 × 9 in. (22.9 × 254 × 73.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2012 (2012.349) © Sopheap Pich

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