Sculptures of antiquity, from both the west and east, are recreated on canvas, blooming with elaborate pigmentation; a vigorous approach to reinventing ancient portraiture, from David to the Bayon.  For her exhibition “Blush with the Past”, Ny Vannak combines her interest in the wide world of faces and her love of vivid colour. Ny Vannak was born and raised in Kampong Cham province.  A self-taught artist, she started drawing from an early age but never pursued art until she moved to Singapore eight years ago and started teaching art classes in school.  Inspired by Singapore’s museums and gardens, she took up painting and photography in a more serious way.   She is inspired by classic pop culture iconography, Abstract and Pop artists like Pollock and Warhol, contemporary Modern art and her Cambodian roots.