Contemplations Reverse

ทุกวินาที

ปรินต์ คุณากรวงศ์

'Contemplation#1:(Re)verse' presents a series of works in various forms, investigating memory construction in relation to Kunakornwong's personal archive, objects and other old works, which have been reconstructed from memory. This exhibition is dedicated to some of his friends, who have passed away and some who have been influential to his artistic practice.

On the first floor he delves into his memory and relationship between his time in London, as opposed to the time in Bangkok before and after his education abroad. On the mezzanine and the second floor, works are dedicated to a year in New York and to his professor, Jackie Brookner, who passed away from cancer in 2015.

Kunakornwong reappropriated objects to investigate the ground between absurdity, everyday ritual, and the idea of holiness. His oeuvre derived from the visual language of everyday Thai culture, steeped in ritual, superstition and myth engaging in Bangkok's sense of disappointment and imperfect beauty.

Parinot Kunakornwong (b. 1983) lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand. He studied at Chulalongkorn University, Parsons School of Design and Goldsmiths University of London.