Time: Dust

Min Thein Sung’s works are often inspired by his childhood in Myanmar and the desire to find respite in the present moment. In his practice, he infuses seemingly typical objects or scenes with the potent properties of magic or allegory. For SB2019, Min Thein Sung presents ‘paintings’ that have come together into a shape and form through the dust that has collected and coalesced over time. Working with time, luminosity, humidity and particles from the air that settle on canvas, he explores a creative process with varied and indeterminate forces from nature. Here, in his words, “dust paints time.”