"Living Cemetery" Solo Exhibition by Prang Vejjajiva
10ml. CafeGallery
5 - 30 October 2019
This series of paintings were created to express the artist’s feelings and thoughts that were poisoned both physically and mentally. They were collected unintentionally when the artist had more than two day jobs to make a living. She considered this as a major source of social anxiety because the jobs requires interaction with toxic people everyday. She met these people at workplaces and parties which made her feel exhausted and wasted a lot of energy and time without fulfilling or receiving any accomplishment.
The artist became a salary person, doing more than two jobs to survive. However, doing these jobs kill the artist instead. They killed creativity, productivity, and identity as an artist by the negative energy that came from the society. The society that does not accept and respect one’s difference, under appreciating the artistic talent and efforts, and lack of understanding a person’s struggles. Assigned work that does not match with a person’s talent and interest, a job that does not do for oneself but others, an occupation that is expected to be acknowledged and accepted. Being employed is believed to be settled and peaceful life which is a lie. Instead, it caused a severe injury and closer to death.
“Anxiety shows up everyday and makes me overthink that Am I good enough? How do others think of me? Do they talk behind me? In a good or bad way? I never know Why does this person talked to me like this? What is that person’s intention? A question that often comes up to my mind such as “What did I do wrong?” made me self doubt many times. My experience in working life is that I learned and realized that I failed life, I can feel my dreams and goals are dying slowly.”
The artist conveys feelings and thoughts that were destroyed by toxic through her art. The use of brushstrokes and some visual elements that remind of fall season and cats that portray the artist’s personality as usual yet different from her previous series. The cats’ eyes without pupils in a bright vivid yellow that glows in the dark, like the cats are possessed by a demon. Or this happens when you use flash for taking photo of cats at night. Simultaneously, there some artworks that contain positive energy from the artist when she was still alive. These paintings will bring a good impression of the chilling atmosphere during fall season, not too hot or too cold with the coziness and comfort like staying at home.
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Title: Possessed by toxic III
Size: 50 x 60 cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
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Title: I want to go home II
Size: 70 x 90 cm
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
