Mimesis, 2025
Mit creates visual fields populated with units of site-specific colours. The colours we see are a result of light phenomenon and visual perception, rather than colours existing as a material quality. Our visual perception is based on different qualities of wavelength, reflection and interference. Humans, for example, see the tiger as orange, but dichromatic deer and boar perceive it as green.
In other words, colour is an experience between what is looking and what is looked at. Site becomes paramount. The artist selected two contrasting sites: one looks like it recedes into the jungle; the other draws us to the roar of the highway. Perhaps we should also consider how we look. In the garden city, nature is disciplined and packaged.
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Mit Jai Inn (b. 1960, Thailand) is a leading figure in contemporary Thai art, known for his colourful works that blend painting and sculpture. His signature series, such as Patch Works (1999–) and Scrolls (2003–), explore interlocking colours and transform traditional Eastern painting formats into rollable sculptures. Mit’s practice is both physical and meditative, with intuitive gestures shaping his richly textured works.
He co-founded the Chiang Mai Social Installation (1992–1998), a festival of ephemeral public art, and initiated the Week of Cooperative Suffering (1995) to emphasise public engagement. In 2015, he founded Cartel Artspace in Bangkok to reflect on Thailand’s historical and contemporary contexts.
In other words, colour is an experience between what is looking and what is looked at. Site becomes paramount. The artist selected two contrasting sites: one looks like it recedes into the jungle; the other draws us to the roar of the highway. Perhaps we should also consider how we look. In the garden city, nature is disciplined and packaged.
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Mit Jai Inn (b. 1960, Thailand) is a leading figure in contemporary Thai art, known for his colourful works that blend painting and sculpture. His signature series, such as Patch Works (1999–) and Scrolls (2003–), explore interlocking colours and transform traditional Eastern painting formats into rollable sculptures. Mit’s practice is both physical and meditative, with intuitive gestures shaping his richly textured works.
He co-founded the Chiang Mai Social Installation (1992–1998), a festival of ephemeral public art, and initiated the Week of Cooperative Suffering (1995) to emphasise public engagement. In 2015, he founded Cartel Artspace in Bangkok to reflect on Thailand’s historical and contemporary contexts.
Artist:
Mit Jai Inn
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions variable (5m x 75cm, 8 pieces)
Mit Jai Inn
Oil on Canvas
Dimensions variable (5m x 75cm, 8 pieces)