Tang Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the group exhibition The Wayfarer in Motion, in Bangkok, from 29 November 2025 to 11 January 2026. The exhibition features works by five artists: Pocono Zhao Yu (China), Gabriel Cheah (Malaysia), Duairak Padungvichean (Thailand), Verapat Sitipol (Thailand), and Aphisit Sidsunthia (Thailand).

Humanity today resides within a torrent of information, capital, and digital currents. Familiar coordinates dissolve, stable forms are reconstructed, and individuals are cast into an ever-shifting, boundless field. It is as if we are in the midst of a vast and invisible migration, where the ground beneath us is no longer solid, but a quicksand of trends, fragmented identities, and fleeting points of attention. As the weight of existence lightens, what replaces it is a heightened sense of presence, one that signals a silent yet profound transformation in our connection to the real world.

This exhibition invites viewers on a journey of self-exploration that traverses both time and space. The five artists use images as vehicles for spiritual migration, attempting to reveal resilient forms of existence within the fluid and alienating landscapes of change. The nomadic subject has no fixed coordinates; in the ceaseless movement of the body and the constant breaking of boundaries, the subject must confront vulnerability and clarify its authentic self. The exhibition seeks to explore the question of “how to be in the world”: how can individuals, through artistic practice, find orientation and affirm their existence amid alienating internal and external terrains?

Pocono Zhao Yu employs the method of “archaeological notes,” juxtaposing symbolic images and text. Different cultural genes “hybridize,” generating new identities at the “interstices” and “boundaries.” Zhao Yu has long researched the “Sun God” as a core symbol carrying the cultural evolution of both East and West, sun worship represents humanity’s most primal impulse to journey: where the sun rises, humans explore the world and pursue inner desire. Its significance, evolving from a collective totem to a reflection of individual spirit, illustrates how humanity’s outward exploration ultimately returns to the self.

Aphisit Sidsunthia’s works question the notion of “completeness” by embracing the inevitable imperfections and ambiguities of existence. By challenging color theory and employing both manual and digital techniques to collage, remove, and distort images, the artist emphasizes “love” as an event that reshapes being. Fragments of subconscious memory are retrieved and overlapped with geometric forms, opening windows to alternate realities. These fragments become ghosts of resurrected past events, crossing through societal norms and time, suspended between the virtual and the real.

Gabriel Cheah’s Still Kind series highlights active choice within given environments, never abandoning the pursuit of inner light even during moments of heaviness or self-doubt. The artist embraces vulnerability and transforms it into an attitude of “self-will” and gentle resistance, thus defining the essence of selfhood and freedom.

Verapat Sitipol and Duairak Padungvichean’s works present natural landscapes brimming with joy and vitality. Sitipol’s paintings attempt to capture the energy of nature rather than merely its appearance, absorbing and transforming the external world to explore a more authentic and poetic mode of “dwelling.” Forest and mountain scenes, depicted with vibrant brushstrokes, resemble musical scores of natural symphonies, opening possibilities for interpreting musicality beyond painting. These lines recreate both the existence and disappearance of the landscape, capturing the fleeting reality and fragility of dynamic scenery.

Padungvichean’s dreamlike desert landscapes serve as metaphors for both external and internal worlds. The wondrous creatures in her works embark on unknown journeys in search of meaning. This non-purposeful migratory poetics evokes a nomadic attitude toward the land, not to possess, but to continually seek direction in unfamiliar environments, an “in-the-world” experience that redraws the map of the self through movement.

“On this desperate land returned to its primordial innocence, he, the traveler lost in an ancient world, rediscovered his connections.” From the symbol of the Sun God to the ghosts of hidden memories, from inner seekers to shifting terrains, the five artists reassemble memories in the gaps between history and the present, reconstructing narratives where nature and civilization converge. The “self” is shaped, tested, and deepened through encounters with different cultural symbols, others, and predicaments, within this nomadic journey of interwoven inner and outer worlds.

Venue
Tang Contemporary Art Bangkok, Room 201 – 206, River City Bangkok, 23 Soi Charoenkrung 24, Talad Noi, Sampantawong, Bangkok, 10100 

Artists
Pocono Zhao Yu,  Verapat Sitipol, Aphisit Sidsunthia, Duairak Padungvichean and Gabriel Cheah

Exhibtion Dates
29 November, 2025 – 11 January, 2026

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Sunday | 11 AM – 7 PM

Website
https://www.tangcontemporary.com/

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/tangcontemporaryartbangkok/

Contact
bkk@tangcontemporary.com

About Gallery

Since its founding in Bangkok in 1997, Tang Contemporary Art has opened 8 spaces in Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Seoul and Singapore to promote the development of experimental art in different regions. In the past 28 years, Tang Contemporary Art has organized groundbreaking exhibitions in its gallery spaces, and also cooperated with important art institutions in China and abroad to accomplish outstanding art projects. The gallery strives to initiate dialogue between artists, curators, collectors and institutions working both locally and internationally. A roster of groundbreaking exhibitions has earned Tang Contemporary Art internationally renowned recognition, establishing its status as a pioneer of the contemporary art scene in Asia. 

As one of China’s most influential contemporary art platforms, Tang Contemporary Art maintains a high standard of exhibition programming. Tang Contemporary Art represents or collaborates with leading figures in international contemporary art, including Ai Weiwei, Huang Yongping, Shen Yuan, Zhu Jinshi, Chen Danqing, Liu Qinghe, Liu Xiaodong, Chen Shaoxiong, Wang Yuping, Shen Ling, Shen Liang, Wu Yi, Xia Xiaowan, He Duoling, Mao Xuhui, Wang Huangsheng, Yang Jiechang, Tan Ping, Wang Du, Yan Lei, Yue Minjun, Wang Jianwei, Yangjiang Group, Zheng Guogu, Lin Yilin, Sun Yuan&Peng Yu, Qin Ga, Wang Qingsong, Yin Zhaoyang, Feng Yan, Guo Wei, Chen Wenbo, Ling Jian, Qin Qi, Yang Yong, Peng Wei, He An, Zhao Zhao, Xu Qu, Chen Yujun, Chen Yufan, Xue Feng, Cai Lei, Li Qing, Wang Sishun, Xu Xiaoguo, Lí Wei, Liu Yujia, Wu Wei, Yang Bodu, You Yong, Li Erpeng, Jade Ching-yuk Ng, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Adel Abdessemed, Niki de Saint Phalle, AES+F , Michael Zelehosk, Jonas Burgert, Christian Lemmerz, Michael Kvium, Sakarin Krue-On, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Natee Utarit, Kitti Narod, Gongkan, Entang Wiharso, Heri Dono, Nam June Paik, Park Seungmo, Jae Yong Kim, Diren Lee, Dinh Q. Lê, Rodel Tapaya, Jigger Cruz, Ayka Go, Raffy Napay, H.H.Lim, Etsu Egami, etc.

(Text and images courtesy of Tang Contemporary Art)