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Tawan Wattuya to Present "Amnesia" in Bangkok
May 23, 2019
展期 ｜2019. 05. 25 - 2019. 07. 14
地點 ｜1PROJECT
展覽資訊 ｜Amnesia - Tawan Wattuya
"Tawan's paintings are closely entwined in and inspired by controversial socio-political issues. In this series, Amnesia, he squarely confronts the chronic political violence in Thailand. His portraits represent persons who were the victims of or were affected by the suppression of political protests in April-May 2010, in which more than one hundred people died.
This exhibition of Tawan’s virtuoso in watercolour appears under the name Amnesia, but his work is instead the revival of memories. Looking deeply into his portraits, we see real humans. We see human lives. These paintings portray the identities and characteristics of distinct individuals. They had their own selves, their pasts and they should have had their presents. Although the pieces in this series are few, diversity in terms of age, class, gender, and ethnicity are present. Each piece contains a different emotion: calmness, determination, desperation, and pain. They are in contrast to the harsh, icy and identical nature of the images of metal weapons that are on the opposite wall."
After a successful solo exhibition “Queens” at nichido contemporary art in Tokyo, artist Tawan Wattuya is returning to his hometown Bangkok to present one of his long term research which results in an exhibition “Amnesia”. In Thailand,“The Lost Decade(s)” is the phrase used widely to refer to the latest and lasting political impasse in Thailand,, but what is really lost may not only be progress or economic wealth, but the memories being purposely wiped out. We sincerely invite friends interested in Tawan’s artwork to continue to follow on his latest projects, and support the many endeavors of searching and saving the endangered memories through art.
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