Thavibu Gallery | Contemporary Art from Thailand, Vietnam and Burma |
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Thai Artists | Pinaree Sanpitak
Pinaree Sanpitak was born in 1961, and
graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
University of Tsukuba, Japan. She is one of Thailand's
most internationally recognized artists. For over 15 years
Pinaree has evolved her primal images of femininity to two
recurrent emblems - the vessel and the mound. Far from
exhausting her subject, the industrious, explorative artist
resourcefully and imaginatively continues to create
interesting modes of manifesting intimate interpretations to
the female psyche within contemporary society. Having
previously utilised fragile materials such as wax, flowers,
charcoal, and perishable foods into her art, Pinaree
recently collaborated with Master glass-blower Silvano
Signoretto from Venice
in Italy to produce unique breast-cloud sculptures that are
both solid yet ephemeral in their transparent lustrous
presence. Evoking the weighty yet vaporous physicality of
clouds, the distinct glassworks juxtapose against the
shimmering metallic sheen of the aluminium cumulus forms.
The floor based installation encourages viewers to
appreciate Pinaree’s forms from an alternate perspective.
Pinaree has exhibited widely with solo shows in Thailand,
Singapore, Japan, France and the USA, as well as
participating in the 1999 3rd Asia-Pacific Triennial
in Australia, and the 2nd Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial
in 2002. She has also attended residency programmes in
Paris, Stockholm, and California.
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