Autrefois, Maison Privee
by Bill Burke;Prince Sirik Fall BernardMatak (9781576871805)

The first trade monograph by cult artist Bill Burke in over ten years, "Autrefois, Maison Privee ("once a private house") documents re-appropriation of foreign and colonialist buildings for municipal and government use in Indochina in Burke's trademark artist's book fashion. In "Autrefois, Maison Privee, Burke documents the dramatic architectural history of Indochina--from the influence of French colonialism through the rise of communism and the devastating effects of the Vietnam War, to the repopulation of Cambodia after the fall of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge and the opening of the area to capitalism. Burke's first entree into Indochina occurred during the period of Soviet control, a period of recovery that allowed for the current explosion of capitalism, which has already begun to devastate an architectural heritage that was ironically well-preserved in the deep freeze of socialism. What the B52s and tanks didn't destroy during decades of war, developers from neighboring countries are now busily replacing and defacing with their shrines to commerce.

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