Ernst Altmann is a German painter based in Phnom Penh. We invite you to his new show at Meta House, in collaboration with Cambodian self-taught artist Run. “We are rather uncommon artist friends, coming from different corners of this world”, writes Altmann. “Yet, the results of our collaboration show plenty of similarities. Through my paintings, I want to explore the past and the present, with a focus on the margins of today’s society. Sometimes it looks like modern, urban Cambodians long for a lifestyle that I left behind when leaving Germany. Run adds magic to our mix of ‘Uncontemporary Contemporaries’ by painting his powerful visions of mystical, ancient Cambodia.”