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Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew
Title: Body (Mom) No 8
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Winner: Sovereign Asia Art Prize
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
Pre-eminent Asian artist Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew has his first solo show at Toronto's Craig Scott Gallery. It is the artist's premier exhibit outside
of Asia and the first since he won the most prestigious art prize on his home continent when Uttaporn and his unique
style was honored with the winning entry in the Sovereign Asia Art Prize competition of 2006.
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Title: Body (Auntie Yeun) Cropped
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Craig Scott, Gallery Owner, said, “Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew is one of Thailand’s most exciting
(and rapidly emerging) artists. He has attracted tremendous attention since winning the Sovereign Asia Art Prize
competition of 2006. This Prize is widely regarded as the leading pan-Asian painting prize, despite being in existence
for only five years now. Nimmalaikaew has developed a form of mixed-media painting that produces magical results.
The paintings start from a canvas backdrop that is set inside a deep casement, and that is then lightly veiled by multiple
layers of thread and netting."
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Adding,
"Nimmalaikaew’s genius lies in the way he imagines, and executes with astonishing virtuosity,
what might be called a ‘meta-dimension’ that fuses time, space and spirit. When I first tracked him down and saw his work in Bangkok
this past summer, I was, it is no exaggeration to say, stunned by the work and its effect on me. On the second visit it had not lessened.
One is transported, one marvels in his work’s presence. The person with me said he reacted with goosebumps when
he experienced the work.”
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Title: Body (Mom) 1
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Title: Body (Mom) 3
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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As Uttaporn said in “Inevitable Cycles,” (July/Aug 2006) 16 Asian Art News [Interview of Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew
by Jonathan Thomson] “It took me quite a long time to develop my concept. The
layers help represent the complexity of life and relationships and all of the
stages of life."
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Title: Body (Mom) 4
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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The artist continued, "The actual technique started with a mosquito net and things seen through the
netting. I intentionally draw the threads through the netting and leave them
drooping to suggest a life flowing, of aging, and physical degeneration.
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Title: Body (Mom) 7
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Title: Body (Mom) 9, Cropped
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Title: Body
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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"It is part of my concept that people have to look through my work, not just at it. People have to see my work and experience it….
It is impossible to replicate my work in a photograph.”
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The Craig Scott Gallery located on Berkeley Street, just east of Yonge and south of Queen, is one of Toronto's outstanding contemporary art galleries. Director and owner Craig Scott has an
eye for talent both locally and, obviously in the case of Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew, internationally.
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Title: Her Portrait (Mom)
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
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Title: Lying Body (Mom)
Artist: Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew (Thailand b. 1980)
Image Courtesy: Craig Scott Gallery
Art lovers become attune to the galleries that unfailing attract
the best and brightest artists working today. In Toronto, the Craig Scott Gallery can always be counted on to deliver works that bring chills upon viewing and should be savored.
Introducing Uttaporn Nimmalaikaew
Craig Scott Gallery:
February 10 - March 4, 2007
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