Tawatchai Puntusawasdi Thailand, b. 1971
Biography
Tawatchai Puntusawasdi’s monumental forms skew and contort visual reality, challenging conventional notions of perception and objective understandings of the physical world. Working with ordinary materials including hardwood, slate, organic fibres and various types of metal, Puntusawasdi’s sculptures promote a heightened awareness of space, encouraging the viewer to acknowledge the surrounding spatial field as an intrinsic part of the work itself. Puntusawasdi uses complex mathematical calculations to generate forms, which are designed and constructed without the aid of modern technology. His shelter-like sculptures provoke consideration of subjectivity and alternative states of being, echoing a fundamentally Buddhist worldview.
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