A Story of Courage

Vann Nath's painting of prisoners being led, blind-folded into Tuol Sleng at night, is an autobiographical scene recalling his own incarceration at the S-21 center in Cambodia.  Displays  of his paintings and sketches depict his own story of capture, interrogation, imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge, and his ultimate survival. Vann Nath's art is not angry, but it shouts the truth about human suffering and death under the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It is also a testament to Vann Nath's and the Cambodian people's endurance that enabled them to prevail over tragedy and pain and continue to embrace life.

Vann Nath passed away in 2011 at the age of 66.

http://blog.andybrouwer.co.uk/2008/02/vann-nath-on-display.html