Mar. 9, 2009 at 1:11pm
A decently “big” story of late has been about the French street artist JR who’s been travelling around the world with a crew of documentarians and artistes aiming to bring public attention to classes of underrepresented women. He’s (back) in Cambodia now and most recently staged a massive installation: photos of women who were among the forcible evictees at Dey Krahom got splashed larger-than-life on the buildings’ walls. Those of course, came down in the razing. Smaller versions, though, can still be found around the city. I spotted these not far from work. You have to understand there’s virtually zero graffiti of any sort in Phnom Penh, let alone street art; stuff like this garners monumental coverage.

A decently “big” story of late has been about the French street artist JR who’s been travelling around the world with a crew of documentarians and artistes aiming to bring public attention to classes of underrepresented women. He’s (back) in Cambodia now and most recently staged a massive installation: photos of women who were among the forcible evictees at Dey Krahom got splashed larger-than-life on the buildings’ walls. Those of course, came down in the razing. Smaller versions, though, can still be found around the city. I spotted these not far from work. You have to understand there’s virtually zero graffiti of any sort in Phnom Penh, let alone street art; stuff like this garners monumental coverage.