BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Bangkok X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Bangkok BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0700 TZOFFSETTO:+0700 TZNAME:ICT DTSTART:19700101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2988839:Event:3422442 DTSTAMP:20260812T130707Z SUMMARY:นิทรรศการ \"ผัสสะ แห่ง ค วามจริง\" (Sensorial Realities) DESCRIPTION:Sathorn 11 Art Space presents solo exhibition by Sajja Saj jakul; Sensorial Realities during January 13 – 28, 2018.\r\nThailand -based Mr. Sajja Sajjakul’s metaphor-laden oil paintings are sharp c ritiques of modern life. Globalization, social injustice, and politica l tumult are recurring themes throughout his oeuvre, which utilizes a dense, satirical visual language to mourn the demise of traditional cu lture in Thailand. However, reaching beyond geopolitics, religion, and language, Sajjakul’s bold canvases touch on the greater human condi tion and global consciousness. Growing up in Chumphon province in sout hern Thailand, Sajjakul was a teen during the Communist insurgencies t hat threatened Southeast Asian politics in the years after World War I I. The Communist Party of Thailand’s insurrection was quelled in 198 2 when the artist was a college student, and it was then that Sajjakul began to recognise the revolutionary power of the individual in contr ast to the totalitarian authority of a government or regime. This dich otomy of internal versus external struggle remains a pervasive presenc e in Sajjakul’s paintings in which dystopic chaos threatens to overw helm cultural memory, locality, and individualism. Popular and cultura l references gleaned from television news, documentaries, and literatu re populate Sajjakul’s bustling, large-scale compositions. Allusions to climate change and government brutality exist alongside recurring allegorical figures. Trickster monkeys take on human characteristics, often wearing clothing, wielding guns, or playing instruments. Ominous skeletal figures are cruel displays of power and control, domination and destruction. Simultaneously, radiant elephants in violets and pink s are stalwarts of tradition and resilience. Finally, bells appear fre quently as a beacon of freedom and a symbol of hope and perseverance. Pandemonium reverberates through these post-apocalyptic scenes renderi ng haunting and hellish clashes of good and evil. Meanwhile, Sajjakul s introspective self-portraits depict the artist with large, cumbers ome bundles strapped to his head. Amid furls of tassels, ropes, and ri bbons lay nestled binoculars, birds, or human faces, each offering an ambiguous glimpse into the artist’s emotional and psychological self . The artist’s pensive expressions lend a sense of solemnity to the works that seem to depict Sajjakul as a modern day Atlas struggling ag ainst the weight of the sky.\r\nArtist Statement\r\nMr. Sajja Sajjakul My work reflects on the current society and the stress of modern life. From political injustice and cultural conflicts to the inner conditio n of peoples' minds, I investigate such socio-political and create fig urative works of art to build a narrative. My works point at the cente r of these issues and aims to uncover them to my viewers.\r\nI try to reach beyond the borders, language, religions and traditions, regardin g human beings as creatures of the earth, sharing the same feeling and emotions. I get my ideas from a number of sources, like the news, tel evision documentaries, literature and films. I then compose photograph s and drawings based on these in a work of art and begin working, stay ing loyal to a main concept yet improvising things along the way.\r\nA ll of these work together to create a painting that tells story. The c ontent is serious but I am always searching for ways to present it in a satirical and ironic way in order to point out absurdity\n\nFor more information visit http://www.portfolios.net/events/sensorial-realitie s DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20180113T180000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Bangkok:20180128T190000 CATEGORIES:art, exhibition, painting LOCATION:Sathorn 11 art space WEBSITE:http://www.sathorn11.com URL:http://www.sathorn11.com CONTACT:02 004 1199 ORGANIZER;CN="NEWS PORTFOLIOS*NET":http://www.portfolios.net/profile/A dminNews ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/3023536497?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="NEWS POR TFOLIOS*NET":http://www.portfolios.net/profile/AdminNews END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR