Exhibition
April 25th - May19, 2012
Number 1 Gallery Bangkok is proud to present Beyond Desire by Manit Srisuwan. Since humanity first populated the planet we have been in the grasp of our own suffering. Like a punctured heart, our perpetual affliction is that of desire and rapacity for betterment. Longer life expectancy and an assumption of material ‘fulfilment’ ultimately delivers pain and servitude. Manit still believes that art can serve to remind the individual of the futility of such waywardness, and bring awareness toward an alternate path.

Untitled, 2009
Acrylic on plywood,
160x165cm

Human Desire 1, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
120x190cm

Human Desire 3, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
155x200cm

Human Desire 5, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
180x200cm

Human Desire 11, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
130x160cm

Reluctance from Desire 2, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
170x240cm

Reluctance from Desire 1, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
140x170cm

Reluctance from Desire 3, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
170x180cm

Reluctance from Desire 4, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
170 x 240cm

Reluctance from Desire 8, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
160x200cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 4, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
105x185cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 5, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
155x185cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 6, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
180 x 190cm

Reluctance from Desire 11, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
160 x 185cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 3, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
180x190cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 2,3, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
105x140cm

Mental frame from subconscious reluctance 1, 2011
Acrylic on canvas,
150x190cm