Pinaree Sanpitak The Roof

In 2007 sanpitak received the silpathorn award for visual arts from the thai.

Pinaree sanpitak the roof.

The roof is a composition of translucent canopies collaged up among the palm trees inserting a roof over the head fragile temporary warm. 1961 is unquestionably one of thailand s most important and well respected contemporary artists. One of the four basic necessities of life is a place to live to sleep. It may not be a secured cover but perhaps can create a sense of comfort and solace.

And despite the seemingly literal title of the installation sanpitak is intentionally ambiguous as to what the canopy actually represents. Pinaree sanpitak pinaree sanpitak b. At the least a temporary surreal sanctuary. Pinaree sanpitak at the sherman contemporary art foundation in sydney australia 2014.

Collaborations have become an important part of your practice. Pinaree sanpitak the roof. She attended the university of tsukuba in ibaraki japan and northern territory university in darwin australia. Pinaree sanpitak bangkok stpi creative workshop gallery born in 1961 bangkok pinaree sanpitak is one of the most established thai conceptual artists of her generation.

Pinaree sanpitak the hammock 2014 15 over 600 blown glass beads and stainless steel hanging position approximately 190 x 410 x 120 cm. A large scale hanging fabric installation the roof commissioned by arts brookfield was on view at the brookfield place winter garden in battery park city in new york usa 2017. It can be a roof but it can also be clouds she says. Her artistic practice revolves around the human body and form as a vessel of experience and perception.

The house is crumbling the latest installation by renowned thai artist pinaree sanpitak specially commissioned for the national gallery singapore s light to night festival 2018 is a visual and sensorial treat. Image courtesy of the artist and yavuz gallery. Pinaree sanpitak is one of the most compelling and respected thai artists of her generation and her work can be counted among the most powerful explorations of women s experience in all of southeast asia. It s up to interpretation but i think both work with the larger idea of shelter if you go.

Her work addresses motherhood womanhood and self by using the shape of breast to provoke the symbol of feminism and femininity. The installation will be open to the public from today 4 december 2017 at the koh seow chuan gallery and when the light to night. Her relational and conceptual practice has centred around the explication of aspects of human experience and sensorial perception. The roof is composed of translucent canopies hanging among the winter garden palm trees that create a literal but temporary roof.

An overview of her work from 1995 2013 was showcased in a solo exhibition collection.