A8
11 am - 8 pm
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Nova Contemporary is pleased to present a group presentation of works by Supawich Weesapen, Vacharanont Sinvaravatn, Chetsada Phuwiang, Thanawat Numcharoen and Natalie Sasi Organ for Art Jakarta 2024.
Supawich Weesapen
Weesapen draws inspiration from Tai Ahom myth, exploring origin stories where the primal sky was woven by spiders, who concealed the stars behind their intricate webs. He contrasts this ancient skyscape with the hazy, light-polluted sky of modern cities, merging the mythical past and the urban present. Weesapen delves into the vast tapestry of cosmic time, transcending temporal boundaries and reflecting on the enduring relationship between myth, memory, and existence itself.
Vacharanont Sinvaravatn
Sinvaravatn contemplates the intricate symbiosis between land and sky, with a specific interest in how vegetation grows in harmony with the celestial paths of the sun and moon. In his works, Sinvaravatn articulates the cosmic rhythms imprinted upon the earth. He discovers sublime dialogues between the earthly and the celestial, revealing the profound interplay between time and the natural forces that govern life and the cycles of creation.
Chetsada Phuwiang
Across his elusive canvases, Phuwiang explores dream and desire. His works are situated in the delicate and ephemeral state between slumber and wakefulness, dissolving the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Negating fixed figuration and contextual specificity, Phuwiang’s pieces depict and embody a state of half-sleep, where the pains and pleasures of yearning slip out of reach. They form a sense of bittersweetness, where dream may offer a fleeting taste of fulfilment or a brief escape into the unreal.
Thanawat Numcharoen
Numcharoen draws from ancient objects, legends, and folklore. Starting with an interest in the megalithic mystery of standing stones across cultures, Thanawat integrates this intriguing phenomena with tales of forest spirits from both Thailand and Indonesia. His works embody these mythical narratives during twilight, capturing the magical moments when day moves into night, and night returns to day. These works shift before and behind the curtains of time and the veils of perception, capturing a sense of transient wonder that will soon fade as the light of dawn approaches.
Natalie Sasi Organ
Sasi Organ explores the remnants of a fading world, using the betel nut as a central motif. She establishes a dense symbolic syntax related to fertility, womanhood, and childrearing, exploring ancestral and intergenerational roots. Across multiple mediums, she reimagines relics of kinship, and forms an attempt to preserve customs that risk dying unrecorded. Sasi Organ places us in a surreal state of introspection, probing tensions between the fractured past and the ever-changing present.
Sasi Organ explores the remnants of a fading world, using the betel nut as a central motif. She establishes a dense symbolic syntax related to fertility, womanhood, and childrearing, exploring ancestral and intergenerational roots. Across multiple mediums, she reimagines relics of kinship, and forms an attempt to preserve customs that risk dying unrecorded. Sasi Organ places us in a surreal state of introspection, probing tensions between the fractured past and the ever-changing present.
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