{"id":7829,"date":"2018-12-16T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:04:05","slug":"sopheap-pich-at-tyler-rollins-fine-art-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/16\/sopheap-pich-at-tyler-rollins-fine-art-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopheap Pich, Ordeal at Tyler Rollins Fine Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In small doses, bark from the Ordeal tree (Erythrophleum guineense) is medicinal; in larger amounts, it\u2019s fatal.\u00a0 This exercise in balance is at the heart of Sopheap Pich\u2019s 17 foot long sculpture, \u2018Ordeal,\u2019 now on view at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trfineart.com\/\">Tyler Rollins Fine Art<\/a> in Chelsea.\u00a0 At exaggerated scale, the seed pod magnifies the ordeal of drinking water poisoned by the bark as a test of innocence, as defendants were once forced to do, and presents an object that can be used for good or ill.\u00a0 (On view through Dec 21<sup>st<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7830\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/16\/sopheap-pich-at-tyler-rollins-fine-art-4\/sopheap_pich-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7830\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/sopheap_pich-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sopheap Pich, Ordeal, bamboo, wood, metal, oil-based paint, India ink, 95 x 176 x 204 inches, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In small doses, bark from the Ordeal tree (Erythrophleum guineense) is medicinal; 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