Bangkok--Nov 3--Gallery 55
Born in Germany in 1965, Tilo Kaiser has been living mostly in New York for the past 13 years. He is no stranger to Bangkok either. His previous three exhibitions were held at Goether Institute & at Garuda Fine Arts in 1999, Gallery 55 in 2002. Tilo returns to Bangkok this time, with a brand new collection — a result of many of his journeys through Asia where he has been visiting since an early age & contemporary urban living in general.
Tilo Kaiser’s new body of work builds upon the series “Urban Jungle” 2002, technically still collages this body depicts more luscious & fantastic shapes & forms. The drawings have become more painterly rendering intertwined with writing, fantasy formulas & equations playfully imitating life in a society like at glut & saturation. The American dream is biting its own tail.
The new works are dense, painterly & rich in colour, depicting the return of the jungle. The real jungle, that is. As our world seem to be more & more anarchic & dysfunctional, our traditional structures, political, sociological & social seem to be less & less capable to hold us together. We are being absorbed into the uncertainty of jungle fantasy.
As all my works, there is a strong underlying sense of sarcasm & humour build into the compositions. Tilo tries to create my own landscape by spontaneously & sometimes randomly throwing images into a composition that have nothing other in common than having been created by the same hands. This juxtaposition tossed at the audience leaves a creation of a story in the eyes of the beholders, sort of like life…
Flower shapes mingle with urban developments, houses hug breasts & vice versa, these works are a challenge for everyone’s imagination, a provocation to let the mind float freely & discover.
Gallery 55
2nd Floor, CRC Tower, All Seasons Place
87 Wireless Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Tel: 01-6853877
Business hours:
Daily, 11:00 — 19:00
e-mail:
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