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Facing the facts of life

Pratchaya Uthayanin and Impermanent, a human-sized transparent installation. Varuth Hirunyatheb

When Pratchaya Uthayanin was a third-year student at the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts at Silpakorn University, his father was diagnosed with cancer. Pratchaya was in and out of the hospital with his father who went through chemotherapy and other treatments for two years until he passed away. That experience inspired him to create a thesis titled “Signification And Representative Of Death”.

“While I was in the hospital, it was a time of life and death. As a student, the situation was a burden because I am an only child and my mother was suffering from paralysis. I had to plan my future. When I was…

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