In a resoundingly confident demonstration of the color yellow at Reisig and Taylor Contemporary, Ms. Suwichada Busamrong-Press resonates with her intimate memories of her past life in Thailand, particularly with her originally daring application of turmeric to fine art. It is through this medicinal application from her father where sentiment and beauty coalesce, to, with the rest of the abstract extensiveness, provide a happiness with an understandable mellowness to the tones.

Sense of Place/Sense of Space
2022
Gesso, dirt, sand, wild charcoal, rock, pastels, oil on unstretched canvas applied to canvas
74.5 × 64.5 x 1.5 in by Suwichada Busamrong-Press. Courtesy of the artist and Reisig and Taylor Contemporary. Copyright Suwichada Busamrong-Press.

To accompany the yellows with a gradient which leans darker rather than more vivid helps balance the compositions in their delicacy. We are moved toward a tranquility originally experienced with even more confident application of dirt! That, yes, fine art can be originated with the salt of the earth, with one of the most abundantly experienced substances humanity can relate to – that which finds itself in between the fingers and toenails of little ones, to the mining excavations and real estate developments of the mighty – yet where it is often thought of as a nuisance.

A Long Train Ride (I Have A Dream)
2023
Marigold, turmeric pigment, pastel, cold wax, oil on stitched fabrics, burlap
applied on cotton canvas
60 x 96 x 2.5 in
(Individual Panels: 60 x 36x 2.25 in, in 60 x 48 x2.25 in, 60 x 36 x 2.25). Suwichada Busamrong-Press. Courtesy of the artist and Reisig and Taylor Contemporary. Copyright Suwichada Busamrong-Press.

Why on Earth, if one is to find its making beautiful, ought we be displeased with its treatment in beauty? Let alone with such a subtle suggestion, the thought of any anxiety in acquiring fine artwork with its proven necessity is one which must be bolder. Especially with the typical canvas dimensions larger than 60×60 inches, where the weight of the material is as refined as the turmeric pigments.

…And Hope
2023
Turmeric pigment, fine dirt, pastel, oil on stitched cotton canvas applied on wood panel
60 x 60 x1.5 in. Suwichada Busamrong-Press. Courtesy of the artist and Reisig and Taylor Contemporary. Copyright Suwichada Busamrong-Press.

It is this confident earthiness which Ms. Busamrong-Press represents – and has been reasoned, neglected in our minds which are focused on finer things. Yet where is our grounding, our earthing, with our primal residency?

To My Old Friend
2023
Dyed and Fermented with turmeric, oil on cotton fabric, found wood
144 x 13 in (Scroll) by Suwichada Busamrong-Press. Courtesy of the artist and Reisig and Taylor Contemporary. Copyright Suwichada Busamrong-Press

Ms. Busamrong-Press further exhibits her own personal affection of her Thai past and the typical culinary expressions of fermented fish – especially with a cheeky poem found within her To My Old Friend transcribed in dye and fermented with turmeric.

It is this playfulness with where the heart will always be – home – which we can broaden our perspective of fondness when we think about our memories of the past. Let us hope that the future will be filled with such beautiful fondness as this.

For more information, please contact the gallery:

Reisig and Taylor Contemporary

2680 South La Cienega Blvd,

Los Angeles, CA 90034

323-819-7990

gallery@reisigandtaylorcontemporary.com