Quietly Floating: Blue #8

Date2008-2009

Maker Pinaree Sanpitak Thai, born 1961

Label TextSanpitak has worked with breast imagery since the birth of her son in 1993. The form here is primarily abstract, with some realistic attributes, such as its pointed profile and pillowy soft shape. Its physicality is a dense symbol that encourages us to understand how women move in the world, to meditate on the shape’s similarities to Buddhist architecture (such as stupas), and to think about the expanding horizons of femininity. Above, three floating shapes are playfully wistful, signaling the nourishing potential of both rain clouds and breasts.

Object number2020.12.2

Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Be/longing: Contemporary Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view July 16 - Dec. 5, 2021].

Credit LineGift of Kimerly Rorschach in honor of the reopening of the Seattle Asian Art Museum

DimensionsFrame: 9 1/2 x 10 in. (24.1 x 25.4 cm)

MediumAcrylic on shikishi paper