Pinaree Sanpitak The Roof

New york ny 10821 floating above the winter garden the roof is a site specific suspended sculpture by thai artist pinaree sanpitak that celebrates collaboration and coexistence.

Pinaree sanpitak the roof. Pinaree sanpitak pinaree sanpitak b. Pinaree sanpitak at the sherman contemporary art foundation in sydney australia 2014. And despite the seemingly literal title of the installation sanpitak is intentionally ambiguous as to what the canopy actually represents. The roof is a composition of translucent canopies collaged up among the palm trees inserting a roof over the head fragile temporary warm.

Her relational and conceptual practice has centred around the explication of aspects of human experience and sensorial 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. One of the four basic necessities of life is a place to live to sleep. It s up to interpretation but i think both work with the larger idea of shelter if you go.

1961 is unquestionably one of thailand s most important and well respected contemporary artists. Pinaree sanpitak the roof. It can be a roof but it can also be clouds she says. 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.

It may not be a secured cover but perhaps can create a sense of comfort and solace. Her work addresses motherhood womanhood and self by using the shape of breast to provoke the symbol of feminism and femininity. 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. 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.

Her primary inspiration has been the female body distilled to its most basic forms and imbued with an ethereal spirituality. 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. An overview of her work from 1995 2013 was showcased in a solo exhibition collection. Image courtesy of the artist and yavuz gallery.

The roof is composed of translucent canopies hanging among the winter garden palm trees that create a literal but temporary roof. In 2007 sanpitak received the silpathorn award for visual arts from the thai. Pinaree sanpitak born 1961 is a thai conceptual and contemporary artist. Her artistic practice revolves around the human body and form as a vessel of experience and perception.

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