THE INNOVATIVE VISUAL ART RESEARCH SCULPTURE COLLECTION PRATIMAVACHANA: ADORATION, RAPACITY, ANGRINESS, DELUSION

Abstract

The innovative visual art research on sculpture collection Pratimavachana: adoration, rapacity, angriness, and delusion aimed to design visual art for conscious living and create visual artworks in the Pratimavachana Sculpture Collection: ADORATION, RAPACITY, ANGRINESS, and DELUSION. The researcher reviewed literature from books, textbooks, research related to Buddhism regarding 4 prejudices, and studied creative sculptures by Thai and foreign artists that were an inspiration, including Antony Gormley (1993), Demien Hirst (1994), and Grzegorz Gwiazda (1984), the concepts about human anatomy including the principles and techniques of rust (Rust Oxidation) as a framework for creating this work.       

The results were as follows: 1. From the visual art practice and design for conscious living, seven creative art displays were created including four sculptures and three abstract paintings on the theme “the depth of mind state”. The four sculptures included 1.1) Mathana which means adoration, 1.2) Lopa which means rapacity, 1.3) Moha which means angriness, and 1.4) Kamupatan which means delusion. The project reflected on the concept of socialization awareness through the use of artistic concepts to create works to integrate “Akotti 4 (4 prejudices)” “wrongdoing” or “misconduct” in Pali, a language used in Buddhist scriptures. 2. Create knowledge from visual artworks in the Pratimavachana series: Love, Greed, Anger, and Loss, including 2.1) Knowledge in creating works based on the 4-prejudice principles in living life. We have to train the mind regularly to eliminate the 4 prejudices that are rust in the mind, and 2.2) Knowledge of sculpture using the Rust Oxidation technique.