200YEARS-010724 - Flipbook - Page 173
SOMPOT UPA-IN
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Sompot Upa-In was one of Silpa Bhirasri9s progressive students with a foundational
background in sculpture. His work in modern painting garnered attention,
marking him as a significant young artist in the 1950s and 1960s. A critical
event that underscored Sompot9s prominence occurred when he held a solo
exhibition showcasing 225 pieces in 1971. The exhibition was a resounding
success, attracting many visitors and producing numerous sales. Most notably,
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) spent three hours privately viewing
the exhibition, remarking on the musical quality of Sompot9s work. His Majesty
purchased some pieces and praised Sompot as an artist with a promising future.
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Sompot9s paintings often depicted people, still lifes, the daily lives of villagers
and farmers, and political themes. Since the 1950s, he was among the first Thai
artists to use art to address political issues. During the 1960s and 1970s, Sompot
and his wife, Lawan Upa-In, also an artist, collaborated with networks of artists
to engage in social and political activism.
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Sompot adopted a Cubist style in his paintings, studying art books imported
from abroad. His narrative style, which reduced Realism and synthesised forms
into geometric shapes, gave his paintings a Semi-Abstract quality. One notable
painting,
