Red Power, C. 2007-2023

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About this work

Red Power (พลังสีแดง) is an 83 × 110 cm acrylic painting by Anuchat Thananchai, a Chiang Mai-born painter inspired by French Impressionism, and it is an abstract composition of large, angular geometric forms that overlap and fold into one another like fragments of architecture or machinery seen up close, painted almost entirely in vivid red that shifts from orange-red to violet-pink where the light catches the planes, set against recesses and shadows of deep purple-black that give the forms depth, its smooth surface and precise gradations of light and shade turning flat shapes into solid, almost tangible masses, revealing a different side of the artist from his landscapes while staying rooted in his lifelong focus on light, shadow, form and weight, and filling the canvas with the energy, heat and confidence of red