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Cloud Garden

Pinaree Sanpitak2008

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Durham, United States

Using light colors and abstracted forms, Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak creates meditative, yet playful, imagery that addresses concepts related to spirituality, Buddhism, and womanhood. The oval forms in this painting are based on the shape of a breast. For Sanpitak, breasts signify motherhood and nourishment and act as reminders of women’s diverse roles in the world today. The shape is also suggestive of a stupa, or pagoda, a Buddhist structure built to enshrine the relics of a spiritual male leader.

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  • Title: Cloud Garden
  • Creator: Pinaree Sanpitak
  • Creator Birth Place: Bangkok,Thailand
  • Date Created: 2008
  • Location: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
  • Physical Dimensions: 78 x 98 1/2 inches (198.1 x 250.2 cm)
  • Type: Painting
  • Publisher: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
  • Rights: © Pinaree Sanpitak
  • Medium: Acrylic on canvas
  • Art Form: Painting
  • Credit Line: Collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Gift of Frances P. Rollins in honor of Kimerly Rorschach (founding Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director). Image courtesy of the artist and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York.
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

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