B2 (small)

These sculptures, three [2019.7, 2019.10 and 2019.11] from a series of eight Breast Stupa Topiarysculptures by Pinaree Sanpitak, explore the morphology of the stupa—the Buddhist commemorative monument that, like Buddhism itself, has taken different forms throughout Asia and around the world. Sanpitak uses curvilinear lines executed in the industrial material of polished stainless steel to define the space of the stupa as a form that also echoes the female breast. The breast is a signature recurring theme in her work and a means of investigating the human body’s “tangible and intangible context.” For her, the coexistence of body and soul is well expressed in the Thai concept of rang-gai, in which the body is a compound of the physical and the spiritual.

This installation is a part of Today’s Asian Voices, which is made possible with the generous support of Salle E. Yoo and Jeffrey P. Gray.