Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to present Lapse of Memory, a solo exhibition by the renowned Thai artist Haritorn Akarapat. With this new exhibition, the artist, who hasn’t exhibited in the local art scene for almost four years, returns with a new strength. Haritorn Akarapat is an established sculptor in Thailand. His work is easily recognizable as he developed a strong identity, exploring new ways to approach the bronze and patina techniques, using shapes and figures with an incomparable sense of freedom.

Lapse of Memory presents the latest set of bronze sculptures of Haritorn Akarapat. This huge herd of busts and masks appear as a silent and motionless crowd. Each piece is directly inspired by intimate memories of the artist, which penetrates the set of a phantasmagoric presence. The highly sensual sculptures invite the viewer to feel with their eyes and see with their hands. The sense of touch is an invitation to surrender reality, and the sense of sight is enhanced to open a contemplative path to the soul.

Haritorn’s process of simplifying his figures to the point of abstraction forms of great purity and balance could be considered as a way of meditation, a contemplation of his inner thoughts. The imprint of time in the matter not only expresses evolutionary search for pure form but it also highlights the complexity of thought that has gone into the making process, the emotional weight. The decedent and the minimal, formulate representation of mythologies that are both personal and rooted in Buddhist tradition.

Image:
Haritorn Akarapat, Bronze, 2008, 53 x 38 x 30 cm