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2000s\u20132024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Africa Klashorst moved on to Southeast Asia, where he lived and worked for most of his later life, in Bangkok<\/strong>, Pattaya<\/strong> and the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh<\/strong>. Many of the works in this collection were made there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was candid about his mixed feelings. He missed the Amsterdam studio where many people came together to discuss art and life, and he found the traditional art around him uninspiring. At the same time, being far away from the art world gave him freedom: \u201cI am an outsider like Gauguin was \u2026 somewhere on an island.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The S-21 portraits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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S21 Portrait Cambodian man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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S21 Portrait III<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In 2011 Klashorst showed a series of about fifty portraits at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum<\/strong> in Phnom Penh, the former S-21 prison of the Khmer Rouge, in honour of its victims. The exhibition attracted international press attention. In his novel he described how the show, painted in pop art and cubist style, was closed five minutes after the opening and only reopened weeks later. Four of the S-21 portraits are available in this collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frankfurt, 2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

From Asia he kept exhibiting in Europe. In September 2016 Kunsthalle Ludwig in Frankfurt-H\u00f6chst showed a new series painted in Phnom Penh and Bangkok, which he described as \u201cDonald Duck meets Karel Appel\u201d. A local newspaper called him \u201ca provocative artist\u201d who did not want to make \u201cpleasing art\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEin provokanter K\u00fcnstler\u201d, Frankfurt, 27 September 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In his final years he lived in Thailand and Cambodia. Peter Klashorst died on 11 September 2024 in Amsterdam, at the age of 67.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2190 Africa<\/a><\/div>\n\n
All chapters<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Kunstkannibaal: the writer \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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