Category Archives: Interviews
Kay Moe Ko
Written on May 1, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? When I was working on this series of paintings, I had a lot of issues in my private life. In these paintings, I mainly wanted to highlight red and black. Red is success and black is failure. I wanted success and failure to joust on the canvas. The colours,…
Dawei Lay
Written on April 28, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I painted this painting to describe my feelings about land-grab protests. Under the U Thein Sein government in 2013, there were confrontations because of military land grabs. There were protests all over the country. It was also based on what I felt when the lands of farmers and poor…
Brang Li
Written on April 23, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I chose this painting because the subject matter is directly related to me. As a Kachin who grew up in Myikyina, I made this artwork to depict the troubles of war and the people fleeing warfare. My solo exhibition ‘No More Life’ was held in 2016 for the second…
Co Thiee
Written on April 21, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I’m a Buddhist. There are two truths in Buddhism: samvrti (truth in the lay world) and paramartha (truth in the religious world). In samvrti territory, there are conventions agreed upon by most people. Once you enter paramartha territory, however, you leave those conventions behind. You no longer think about…
Aung Kyi Soe
Written on April 18, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? I’ve chosen a painting from my second solo exhibition, ‘Travelling with Black Sheep’, held in November 2014. The painting has the same title as the show. It’s acrylic on canvas with glued patches of Shan paper, which is traditionally made by hand in Shan State. I chose this painting…
Aung Ko
Written on April 15, 2020
Why did you choose this painting? It’s quite important for me and it’s in my favorite series. It’s also one of the first series I did in my life, so I like it very much. I painted the Ayeyarwady River for a simple reason. Shwedaung, the town where I live, is beside the river so…
Aung Myat Htay
Written on March 17, 2020
Why did you create this painting? I painted this picture while teaching a painting course in Yangon. Then I donated it to New Zero Art Space. The title is ‘Mandalay’ because I painted the interior of Mandalay’s Maha Myat Muni Pagoda. The style was quick, playing with brush strokes. I wanted to capture the colours…