With 29 days to go until the call for entries closes, we reflect on this year’s exemplary selection of projects created by a dynamic array聽of international practitioners. Today, we shine a spotlight on Bangkok-based artist and designer Sanitas Pradittasnee. A founding member of , she works with a team of architects and landscape architects聽to create pieces聽inspired by social context and in-depth聽cultural research.
Pradittasnee’s longlisted sculpture,聽KHOA MO (Mythical Escapism)聽explores the notion of being and non-being. Intrigued by the philosophy of “the impermanence of things,” she uses video, installation and sculpture to question social systems, the meaning of civilisation and the decline of society. The title KHOA MO derives from a type of Thai art dating from the Ayutthaya period,聽which is concerned with the replication of nature and the desire to be free from聽suffering.
A celebration of excellence in art from across the world, the Aesthetica Art Prize聽offers both emerging and established artists the opportunity to showcase their work to a wider audience. The award聽invites artists to submit work into any one of the following four categories: Photographic & Digital Art; Painting & Drawing; Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture, and Video, Installation & Performance.
Prizes聽include 拢5,000 Main Prize courtesy of , 拢1,000 Student Prize courtesy of Hiscox, a group exhibition in partnership with York Museums Trust, publication in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology, editorial in Aesthetica聽(186,000 readership worldwide), art books courtesy of Prestel, and art supplies vouchers courtesy of Winsor & Newton (拢250 for main prize winner; 拢150 for student prize winner).
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Credits
1.聽Sanitas Pradittasnee,聽KHOA MO (Mythical Escapism), 2013. Courtesy of the artist.
