5 January 2021

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World-renowned Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak's latest exhibition encourages visitors to explore their surroundings and the uncertainty of everyday existence | by Suwitcha Chaiyong

According to Pinaree, the idea for "House Calls" came from her work at the 2019 Setouchi Triennale, in Honjima, Japan, where she created eight sculptures resembling shrubs.

"The eight sculptures were placed in a tokonoma, a place to display artistic ideas such as floral arrangements or paintings of traditional Japanese homes. The sculptures were created to pay homage to Shiwaku carpenters who did not have descendants to carry on their traditional craft. After returning to Bangkok, I developed the idea from those sculptures and since I like vessels, containers and utensils, I used them to create breast stupa sculptures. To make sure there was variety, I searched for containers of various shapes, forms and colours. At first, I wanted to showcase sculptures on the floor but visitors probably would not be able to view differences clearly, so I decided to put them on shelves. One of my eight sculptures from Japan is also on display here."

 

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