Think
"While sitting and
what’s thinking"
MR.ZEN- the owner of Wua
Art Gallery& Studio Phuket, stood in front of a
beautiful
Daybeds as meeting him for
first time. It was the Daybeds I Saw him sitting in laid-back posture and he
took a photo and uploaded it on Facebook. This time, Daybeds came to talk to
him in Phuket to put it in the article of Daybeds because his Daybeds is
beautiful. It’s not the column related to the working style of artists like his
duty. He said that he understood people always calling what they do, but for
him, MR.ZEN let me get that he can be anything, whatever he is called; he
still confirmed that, though he works in field of painting, he is the art
student with the reason that now he does what he wants and he can be an artist
or designer and he’s still learning to do what he wants for more: he said
with relaxing countenance before slumping and conversation started.
" I have worked hard
at the beginning, always make trial and error and I have not graduated from
anywhere. This is true, I’m not saying to make it sound cool or different from
any other because working teaches us and actually whoever can paint. When
talking about art, it’s about everything; painting, selling insurance and I
didn’t choose to be, I don’t want to be anything. I don’t know what I
can be but I know what I would like to do. I want to do this, to do
that. I can be an artist or designer. To be like that, it is called later. For
this, it is nature of learning; I did not go study at Silpakorn University or Pohchang
College because the data in institutions are always available in outside world
as well. What is called “spirit” and
What some people may call
“spirit” inspired by these institutes, I believe is more like our natural
instincts. It is a part of us and is transmitted into art through our way of
life. In my opinion, a painter and his artwork must be constituted from his
life experiences and the journey he is on but the beauty of art is the ability
to incorporate that into a painting or model or whatever for others to perceive
the world from the artist’s eyes in just a moment. All is what people assume. I
may choose to tell a story with the help of a technique and to paint with old
materials. The paint I’ve used is from a general factory. Now, there’s nothing
new for me or for anyone. It has already been done for a long time. And I don’t
like to label myself with what I do. But an appropriate term may be‘painter’.
As an artists I can do what I feel is my nature and seriously I am not bothered
by what I am called. I have used many styles in my works
and have not attached to using just one style. Whenever I feel bored, I’ll
change it.I believe that when I change the style, there’re some symbols in my
works and I want this to evoke a special sensation in people.”
The art that is on display now has mutual components that are
‘beauty’ and ‘divisibility’ especially in the writings. I told MR.ZEN that when
I first saw them, they reminded me of the artworks of Mr.
Thaiwichit Puengkasemsombun and Mr.Somyos Hanananthasuk. He
said that both artists have influenced his works and appreciates the
skillfulness displayed by both artists. He told that he moved from Satun which
was the homeland to live in HatYai and lived his life in Bang-Kok.
So many years till he was bored, so he moved to settle in Phuket
and now it’s the fifth year being here
“Because I like the sea and
space. The former works had wide and clear space. Today what I work is not from
Ego because it’s already available. Artistic view is from ourselves and we have
to look it as our works”
“I have chairs, armchairs
and daybeds and I’m a fan of many designers, such as Phillips Stark. I have
studied his routine life, his travels, his inspiration and how he lived his
life. However, as he didn’t know the privacy and was always opened to others’
opinions and kept himself informed by reading magazines or websites, there’s an
unrecognizable book asking about how he felt with the life in that
period, Stark said that he had lots of opportunities to give opinions
but he started feeling bored and not good with many chances as he met many
people who did or made the important things that affected people life rather
than what he has told for 10 years. These people are more important than him
but they never had a chance. “I like Stark at that time, who had
such answers, but after that I don’t have to see his works although some works
are not as good compared to others and I’m feeling that he become too
influential on me. 5 years later, I don’t look for a designer’s name. I will
buy products that I supports my tastes and if I can see it will serve a
purpose, to decorate and of course to use.
- Mr.Zen-