“Lover in Love”
“I create work that reflect deep thoughts. It starts by developing a sequence relating back to the beginning then slowly improving on it bit by bit…”
“My bachelor’s degree is in figurative sculpting. After my graduation, abstract art became mainstream in Thailand. So since then, I turned to make abstract art. During my first five or six years making abstract art, I questioned the development of shapes and elements of sculptures. At that time, I was studying for my masters degree and my advisor asked what and why I made those works. I had no idea how to answer his questions because I made them according to my pleasure and without reason. I just preferred volume and so I kept developing on it. Therefore, while I was finishing my masters degree, I kept learning from the natural flow the human body. It covered all details of a human being including volume, shape, action and emotion. When I completed my masters degree, I finally, understood that natural shapes contained its own grounds, patterns and meaning. Actually, I didn’t mean to create human shapes; I just learnt from them. Then, I developed my work by eliminating the humanity but still maintaining the volume, shape, action and movement that gently relate them altogether. This work focuses on delicacy, gentleness and non-violence. I’ve been creating since I was young so I was overwhelmed with love and thoughtfulness. It also represents harmony. I’ve been creating my works under the concept of “love” for several years now. The “Lover in Love, 1995” was created during the end of my desire-related works. Since then, I’ve changed to the concept of “dharma”.”
“For this project, I tried to improve on size. The first phase were small pieces of sculpture and now the works are at 2.20 meters, it is the largest I’ve ever made. In terms of elements, it was created in the manner of 2 people standing close to each other, but staying in each other’s embrace. This represents shapes trying to be close to each other in the mood of love.”