Art lovers are invited to explore the movement of water and the journey of life during "The Waterfall Journey Mirrors Human Life", which is running at Temporary Exhibition Rooms 1-2 of Moca Bangkok, until July 30.
The exhibition features a new body of paintings by Atjima Jaroenchit, an artist who has explored the movement of water through painting for more than two decades.
For this show, she uses waterfalls as a metaphor for the journey of life through change, obstacles and unpredictable conditions, inviting viewers to consider how people adapt, move forward and maintain hope when the world changes faster than they can prepare for it.
For her, the constant movement of water reflects the impermanence of life. It responds to temperature, terrain and its surroundings while continuing to move.
The exhibition draws attention to this capacity for transformation as a way of understanding resilience and hope.
The works are created through her distinctive process of pouring liquid oil paint directly onto a surface without using a brush. She guides the paint by tilting and moving the surface, working with gravity, the rhythm of each pour and the physical conditions of the materials.
The paint flows, gathers, separates and changes direction as the work develops. This process brings control and uncertainty into the same act of creation, reflecting how life is shaped by both personal decisions and circumstances beyond individual control.
The exhibition is divided into two connected sections.
The first presents objective beauty through natural forms and physical qualities that can be directly observed, including the movement, force, dispersion and impact of water.
The second presents subjective beauty shaped by the artist's emotions, memories, perceptions and personal experience.
Moving through the two spaces, viewers are led from what can be seen in nature to the meanings formed within the mind.
Moca Bangkok is on Kamphaeng Phet 6 and opens daily from 10am to 6pm, except Monday.
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