Atta Gallery presents “Three Worlds: Through The Lens”, a joint solo exhibition of contemporary art jewellery and object arts by Jiro Kamata from Japan and photography by Chalat Kanjanaratanakorn from Thailand, until Sept 18.
When taking photographs, one looks through a camera lens out into the world, capturing what’s outside of oneself. Yet, what the lens captures is very often reflective of oneself, as one actively decides on what to capture based on one’s own perspectives.
A camera lens becomes what separates and joins the two “worlds” together — the inner world and the outer world of one’s “self”.
While viewing another person’s photograph, one creates through a different lens yet another personal layer of interpretation, perspective, narrative and meaning with the photograph. Therefore, a third dimension — a third world — beyond the inner world and outer world of a photographer’s self, is created.
Camera lenses link the two artists together in this show while also making apparent of the differences in their practices.
Jiro is a Japanese contemporary jewellery artist who was trained as a goldsmith in Japan and Germany and is now based in Munich, Germany, after finishing his study at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Otto Kunzli in 2006.
He has been using used camera lenses as his main material to create his contemporary jewellery and art objects in many innovative ways for the past 20 years.
Chalat, meanwhile, is an emerging Thai visual artist who uses photography as a language — through camera lenses — to interact with himself and others. Subdued in colours and declicate in compositions, his images, speak from a place best accessible by photography.
In this exhibition, both artists’ worlds are displayed side by side, allowing viewers to connect and compare the two worlds and at the same time, create a personal dialogue with the artworks to transpire another world.
Atta Gallery is located at Warehouse 30 on Charoen Krung 30 and opens Wednesday to Sunday from 1-6.30pm.
Visit attagallery.com or call 061-861-6824.
