ARAYA RASDJARMREARNSOOK, Has Girl Lost Her Memory? , 1994/2025, corn husks, bed frame, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist.
“A quiet yet substantial figure in Thai contemporary art, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s life and practice are marked by womanhood, longing, and the looming viscosity of death. For Araya, joy is borrowed, while suffering remains humming in the backdrop of life: it is up to us as individuals to weather life’s currents and learn to stay afloat. Prolific in both artmaking and writing, she has channeled life experiences, dreams, and visions into a haunting array of fiction, sculptural installations, photography, and video works. “The Bouquet and the Wreath” at MAIIAM, Chiang Mai, the city where the artist currently resides, surveyed 45 years of her creative labor, from the 1980s to today. The show reconstructed and recontextualized her major installations—from sculptures that explore the intricate inner world of femininity to video installations that invoke speaking to corpses, dissecting corporeal memories, and grappling with grief that stems from the loss of loved ones.”
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