As the NY Times notes, «Battambang has produced some of the country's most famous artists: the 1960s chanteuse Ros Sereysothea, whose popularity
persists decades after her death; the late painter Vann Nath; and Chhom Nimol, the frontwoman of the Los Angeles - based indie rock band Dengue Fever.»
After the long - standing disappointment of no sales and negative reviews — which
persisted for a
decade, until shortly before his
death — it was heartening for him to see the interest of the younger generation in these strange new images.