BANGKOK.- Thavibu Gallery presents the art exhibition Representing Localities: Memory and Experience — showcasing recent paintings and sculptures by Therdkiat Wangwatchakul and Rattana Salee.

In a new series of work, the sculptor Rattana Salee continues her dialogue with the city she lives in, though shifting the focus from Bangkok’s aggressive expansion via claustrophobic concrete blocks to thought-provoking representation of local architectures and domestic objects which hold personal memories. The painter Therdkiat Wangwatcharakul sets out in this series as a flaneur walking the streets of Bangkok only to find stray dogs, old vehicles and pedestrians. Therdkiat often paints on metal (aluminium), and Rattana works with metal sculptures.

Rattana Salee (b. 1982), a holder of a MFA in Sculpture at Silpakorn University (2011), marked her debut solo exhibition with Shell(Shocked) at Thavibu Gallery in 2010. Among other grants and awards, she was a recipient of the French Embassy’s scholarship to study at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, in 2011.

Therdkiat Wangwatcharakul (b. 1971) graduated with a Master in Painting from Silapakorn University in 2003. He often paints with oil on aluminium sheets. The use of aluminium makes the texture and his play with light and shadow unique. Therdkiat has participated in several exhibitions in Thailand, as well as in Singapore, Japan, the Netherlands, Korea, Spain, and USA. He was awarded the Jurors' Choice Prize in the ASEAN Art Awards in 2000.