Ep.82 | Cambodian artist Yim Maline on her experience in France, the exhaustion of nature's destruction, and her Blue Art Center initiative.

Cambodian-based artist Yim Maline talked from her place in Phnom Penh about her dream of becoming an artist, her experience of going to France without a grant and not being able to speak the language, we also delved into how nature informs her work, and we discussed why she began the Blue Art Center initiative. Yim Maline’s artworks. From her meticulous graphite-on- paper drawings to her bold sculptures, her conceptual foundations have been a processing of memories specific to her childhood growing up amidst civil war in Cambodia, and a means to consider the complex effects of this period on the natural environment and individual and societal structures of today. Yim’s ambitious and skillful use of materials challenges our perception, while an inherent vein of uncertainty and tension challenges our comfort. Maline was born in 1982 in Battambang, and is a graduate of Phare Ponleu Selpak art school (1995-2003) and received a BFA, Fine Art, École Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Caen la Mer, France (2010). Yim’s solo exhibitions include Having a Hole or empty space inside at SA SA BASSAC (2015), and Silk Threads at Insider Gallery, InterContinental Hotel, Phnom Penh (2012). Her group exhibitions include Futurographies: Cambodia – USA – Paris, New York, Phnom Penh, Paris; And that which was always known, Yavuz Gallery, Singapore (2015), Eight Women, French Institute, Phnom Penh (2011). She was resident at Japen (2017), Jose Arts Lab, Johannesburg, South Africa (2016), at Vermont Studio Center, VT, USA (2015) and at Bose Pacia Transparent Studio, NYC with Season of Cambodia’s IN RESIDENCE program (2013) More on www.thelastsupper.asia ----- The French Chamber Foundation is pleased to present Make It Bloom, Make It Work HK’s Charity Auction 2023. For the second time, Hong Kong art galleries and artists have come together to help and contribute by donating artworks to be auctioned for this worthy cause.  A preview exhibition of the artworks will be hosted by Christie’s on the 22nd floor of their Alexandra House space in Hong Kong. The exhibition will culminate in a live auction directed by Christie’s auctioneer Georgina Hilton during a cocktail evening on Friday the 3rd of November. More information on www.makeitwork.hk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christie's Education⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoy 15% Discount and Join a virtual or in-person art course, lecture, workshop, city or art gallery visit. Use 'LASTSUPPER15' discount code.⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See ⁠⁠programme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ----- The Last Supper Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thelastsupper.asia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thelastsupper.asia/newsletter