納堤 尤塔瑞

The work is in good condition overall, as is the canvas. There are indications of minor wear and handling around the edges, however the paint layers and brushstrokes are well-preserved. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of retouching. Unframed, on stretcher.
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“Natee’s 2006 Fragment and the Sublime series of works recall German philosopher Emmanuel Kant’s (1724 – 1804) treatise “Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime”. In the 1764 text about aesthetic enjoyment, the term “sublime” was used as a quality for artworks to distinguish them from those merely beautiful, and refers to the feeling of the incomparable and the inimitable. This series of works began from the artist’s attempt at forming a grammar of painting, through the assemblages of images collected from magazines, and the formation of works by fragments from different sources. The process of creating traces of images of concealed origin reflect his intention of highlighting an abstract quality characteristic of a contemporary society that is filled with complex and contrasting forces.”

NATEE UTARIT CITED IN AN INTERVIEW, NATEE UTARIT: AFTER PAINTING, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM, 2010, P. 110