In the Poison Flower series, Pichai Pongsasaovapark wanted people to see air pollution in a way in which they have never seen it with their own eyes. The black and white flowers, that resemble the Thai flower called “bou tong” from the north of Thailand, are not classical paintings, but created solely by capturing carbon emissions from different type of vehicles, such as automobiles, motorcycles, vans, pickup trucks, rice combines, and tractor tillers on linen canvases. The stunning images, which can be contemplated for their unsettling beauty, are the pure and direct creation of modern pollution.

Bio
Pichai Pongsasaovapark was born in Songkhla in 1963. He graduated with a Master of Fine Art in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University.

Pongsasaovapark has been participating in many exhibitions such as “Rampant” at AAH Studio Gallery, Bangkok in 2020, “Selected Works on Climate Change” for Asia Pacific Climate Week at United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok in 2019, “START Art Fair” at Saatchi Gallery, London, UK in 2018, “Looking and Seeing II” at Misho Gallery, California, USA in 2018 and “Remains to Be Seen” at National Institutes of Health Hatfield Clinical Research Center East Gallery, DC, USA the same year. Pongsasaovapark is an abstract painter who deeply concern on environmental issues. He is best known from his abstract paintings from different vehicle exhausts.