Exhibitions

Natee Utarit’s Solo Exhibition: ‘Untitled Poems of Theodore Rousseau’ – The Different Realities and Completeness of Looking at the Fontainebleau Forest

Tang Contemporary Art

Oct 04 - Oct 28, 2018

A solo exhibition 'Untitled Poems of Theodore Rousseau' by Thai artist Natee Utarit was held at Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok from 4^th to 28^th October 2018. This time, a series of paintings that was created in the Fontainebleau forest in France from spring to autumn of 2017 was exhibited.

The Trunk of a Tree that Unfolds all Over the Space

Upon entering the exhibition hall, it was a space surrounded by many trees, as if it was inside a forest. In each painting, the same part of the trunk of different oak trees, which was the subject matter, was depicted, and you could appreciate the change in trunk each time. In the quiet venue, like in a forest surrounded by trees, we were able to steadily feel the Fontainebleau forest that he expressed.

Barbizon School Paintings and Natee Utarit

Natee Utarit refers to Théodore Rousseau (15^th April, 1812 - 22^th December, 1867), who was one of the leading Barbizon painters. The Barbizon School, which painted naturalistic paintings that took place in the nineteenth century, is a school of painting that moved away from traditional religions, myths, and other historical painting subjects and practiced the painting of rural landscapes. Natee Utarit finished this series, like painters of the time by observing the local natural environment in the Fontainebleau forest, which attracted attention as a subject of painting in the 1820s.

Natee Utarit began to be interested in natural paintings in the 1990s, and developed his landscape style at various stages throughout his artistic career. Through abstract expressions, he has established a style that looks like a storyteller, and has been engaging in the further improvement of his techniques and re-organization of the landscape.

In Facing Oneself with Nature

This latest series features a choice of integrating elements of the oak tree trunk. The combination of aesthetic choices and conceptual messages leads to his art by returning the natural reality of the Fontainebleau forest to the audience.

While facing nature, Natee Utarit focuses on the relationship between the concept of landscape painting and the perspective of the world or space, which are the universal essence and subject.

"I experienced it during production freshly and clearly. Everyone has a different perception of reality and completeness."

Main Works

Summary

'Untitled Poems of Theodore Rousseau' was a solo exhibition that created a space where you can confront nature, depicting nature in a modern way like the Barbizon school painters used to.

Artist Profile

Natee Utarit
Born in Bangkok in 1970

Education
1987  The college of Fine Art
1991  Graphic Arts at the Painting and Sculpture Faculty, Silpakorn University.

Solo Exhibition
The Altarpieces, Ayala Museum, Manila, Philippines (2017), Illustration of the Crisis, Bangkok University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand (2013), After Painting, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2010) and The Amusement of Dreams, Hope and Perfection, Art Center of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (2007).
　
Group exhibition
Thai Eye, BACC, Bangkok, Thailand and Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2016/2015), Art of ASEAN, Bank Negara Museum and Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2015), Time of Others, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2015) and Asian Art Biennale 2013: Everyday Life, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2013).

Gallery Information

Basic information about the gallery that was provided in the exhibition hall.