Tales of Navin 2 2013-15

This figurative panorama by Navin Rawanchaikul is a group painting of self-portraits, comprising multiple depictions of himself at various ages, with a host of guises and characters he has performed throughout his life and career. City, street and shop signs flag moments in the artist’s career, showing catalogues, travel bags and toys, and reflecting his movement between Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Fukuoka, Japan. Amid the buildings, rikshaws, cars, a bicycle and a horse, a pickup truck joins a funerary procession, bearing a coffin under a canopy of flowers. Highly detailed and executed on a dramatic scale, Tales of Navin 2 explores a personal, humble and emotional story of life, relationships, loss and death in Rawanchaikul’s characteristic light-hearted style.