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  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Cambodian Shop Signs

Cambodian Shop Signs

Lacy, Daria
Montague, Joel
Davis, Kent

Hardcover

Asian ArtGraphic DesignSoutheast Asian History

ISBN10: 1934431931
ISBN13: 9781934431931
Publisher: Datasia Inc
Published: Dec 1 2013
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
An exuberant journey through what might be called the Golden Age of Outdoor Advertising in Cambodia. From 1990-2000, small businesses blossomed, in contrast to the preceding decades when the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese regimes suppressed or vigorously regulated entrepreneurial ventures. As free enterprise spread, so did an abundance of eye-catching, creative, hand-painted shop signs. Inspired by the simple beauty, and often humor, of their folk-art style, public health officer Joel Montague began collecting these unique advertising images in 1991. The Boston Center for the Arts and the Fowler Museum at the University of California have displayed his collection, now presented to readers here for the first time. Montague's other books include The Colonial Good Life: A Commentary on Andre Joyeux's Vision of French Indochina, Picture Postcards of Cambodia 1900-1950, and La Terre de Bouddha: Artistic Impressions of French Indochina.

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