
Phornphop Sittiruk Thai, b. 1986
The work "Ten of broken bricks" is a sculpture made of black shoe polish (a material that is widely used in the military). The shoe polish is used to create a mold of a broken brick from the original Supreme Court building (I had the opportunity to collect the brick when the building was demolished in 2014). And then I copies the brick ten times. The number ten refers to the ten reigns of Thai kings, which are often used to divide Thai history. The ten sculptures are displayed on a red velvet base (the same shade of red as the Thai flag) on a blue wooden crate (the same shade of blue as the Thai flag). I also includes a message around the crate, to invites viewers to consider their own definitions of truth, time, history, belief, and the human spirit.