Category Archives: Interviews
Nay Aung Shu
Written on June 12, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I wanted to capture the lives of people who have to work for their families and then return home at night. My paintings usually describe real life. I painted this one because of the circumstances of my environment. I felt and presented them on my own. Maybe I am…
Mor Mor
Written on June 3, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? When I graduated, I started to paint landscapes. Then I found I was painting water and anything related to water. Then I noticed I liked painting water. I like it because people feel at peace when they see water. I feel it’s satisfying. Because of water, other colours look…
Myint San Myint
Written on June 2, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? In 1992, before I was a full-time artist, I read a book about Gauguin. It inspired me to write a song entitled ‘Melancholic Yearning for Paul Gauguin’. I held an exhibition with that song and some paintings. In this painting, there are words that show the troubles endured by…
Maung Myint Aung
Written on May 26, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I used to stare at fat people when I was sitting in a teashop. I like their character, the way they walk, and their body shape. So I decided to draw them. I just wanted to draw images of fat people. Then I used them as a subject for…
MPP Ye Myint
Written on May 22, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I wanted to say that our country is like a patient suffering from cancer. Sule Pagoda is in downtown Yangon. Pagodas are always peaceful and quiet. But Sule only gives you noise and chaos. It has to stand in the middle of all kinds of problems. All the cars….
Maw Thu Da Nu
Written on May 18, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I created this painting when new cars were imported during the U Thein Sein administration. It exists because of that era. Previously, we didn’t have new cars in Myanmar. But after 2013 they became quite common. In an indirect way, the painting shows the social, economic and political situation…
Htein Lin
Written on May 14, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? When I was a political activist, we couldn’t print posters for ceremonies and protests. So the duty fell on me to draw everything. As a young man with strong political beliefs, I drew hundreds of pictures without sleep for two days. I’ve drawn peacocks more than anything else in…
Hla Phone
Written on May 11, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? The main reason is that some people fly in airplanes in the sky and some walk on the ground. I focus on the space in between. It gradually came into view for me. As you know, people commute under a complex maze of lampposts in Yangon. I used to…
Htoo Aung Kyaw
Written on May 10, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I like Buddhist philosophy, and my paintings are influenced by Buddhist concepts. The Buddha said life is full of suffering, and people face trouble from birth to death. That’s what I wanted to say in this painting. While I was working on it, the political climate of our country…
Khin Zaw Latt
Written on May 5, 2020
Why did you create this painting? In this painting there’s a slight smile on the Buddha’s face. I based it on a marble Buddha statue with patches of gold covering. I first got the idea when I visited a pagoda where people were putting gold plate on a marble statue. I started working on my…