Kade Javanalikikorn: Melancholic Trance (1992)

Intro | Adool Booncham | Chatchawan Nilsakul | Kade Javanalikikorn | Kanchalee Suksomran | Montien Boonma | Navin Rawanchaikul | Sakchai Deethum | Supachai Satsara | Suriya Meechai | Tawatchai Punsawat | Tawatchai Hongpaeng | Udom Chimpuckdee

BORN: 1961 in Bangkok

EDUCATION: BFA, North Texas State University, USA

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
(1989) “From the outside looking in”, National Gallery, Bangkok
(1989) “10 Working Artists”, USIS Chiang Mai
(1990) Bangkok Fine Arts Center

ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
The turtle and the rabbit are two animals that have different characteristics. From the old story, they raced each other to the finish line and the turtle won by a split second. The rabbit who can run very fast but took his time making a stop every time he saw something interesting. The turtle went very slow using up all his energy crossing the finish line without making any stops. He had not experienced anything on the way, so can we really say that the rabbit had lost?

In visual art, can we really say what is right and what is wrong? Are we really sure that all the theory we know and use can create great works of art? A good work of art cannot be created with only art theory. An artist needs to learn about himself and experience his surroundings. He must use his feelings and not just theories realising that there are many ways to solve the same problem.