Pannaphan Yodmanee, Aftermath 2016. The 11th Benesse Prize was announced last night and the winner from the four shortlisted artists was Pannaphan Yodmanee from Thailand. A special award was also presented on the occasion of the inaugural Asian edition of the Benesse Prize. Singaporean sound artist Zulkifle Mahmod was awarded the Soichiro Fukutake Prize for his work Sonic Reflections, 2016. Besides the cash prize of JPY 3,000,000, Yodmanee will be commissioned to visit and create a work to be exhibited at Benesse Art Site Naoshima, Pannaphan Yodmanee: Winner 11th Benesse Prize 2016 The chair of the jury, Akiko Miki noted that Yodmanee’s “painterly, sculptural and architectural work creates a unique, breathtaking landscape by mixing microscopic and macroscopic visions with Buddhist cosmology, traditional and modern techniques, and natural and artificial materials. We look forward to seeing how her critical sensibility could provide profound insights about human civilization, natural conditions, and spirituality in our contemporary age in the insular context of the Seto Inland Sea.” Pannaphan Yodmanee, Aftermath 2016. Yodmanee’s work Aftermath 2016, which is spread in a large gallery space evokes the atmosphere of an apocalypse. Crumbling architecture alongside murals painted in blue and gold, and symbols of Buddhism all combine [...]
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