Apsara Warrior / Ouk Chim Vichet
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.79
- Title
- Apsara Warrior
- Artist
- Ouk Chim Vichet
- Artist Nationality
- Cambodia
- Artist Life Dates
- b. 1981
- Medium and Support
- metal
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2004
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Cambodia (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Cambodia (nation)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Contemporary
- Dimensions
- 226 cm x 114 cm x 120 cm (89 in. x 44 7/8 in. x 47 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- assemblage
- Secondary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- metal figural sculpture made of decommissioned AK-47s welded together
- Subject Matter
- Vichet’s Apsara is a fierce and foreboding anti-war goddess constructed by welding together decommissioned AK-47s. She wears a crown, and stands on a heap of discarded guns, while breaking another gun in half with her bare hands. The sculpture was a part of the Peace of Art Project to promote a Cambodia without weapons.
- Secondary Keywords
- art genres
- artistic concepts
- asia (continent)
- associated concepts
- buildings and the land
- concepts in the arts
- geographic and political locations
- memorials
- modern and contemporary art
- objects
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- women
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2193 x 3879
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.79
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.79/2007_2_79.jpg
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"Apsara Warrior; Ouk Chim Vichet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.79/2007_2_79.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2025.
