Mit Jai Inn has been experimenting with the sculptural and three-dimensional possibilities of painting, using a concoction of specially prepared pigments, since the 1980s. He has also been instrumental in the development of contemporary art in Thailand, developing a prolific practice over four decades and nurturing various initiatives and events in the country. In addition to his expansive painting practice, Jai Inn has also focused his energies on political activism, social participation and challenging conventions.

For the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, Jai Inn continued his exploration of spatial experience and materiality, rooted in abstraction, with three different forms that inhabit and interact with the gallery space. A tunnel creates a room within a room; column-like suspended blocks of canvas ribbons, titled ‘totems’, similarly interact with light and movement; and a towering scroll re-envisions traditional forms of Asian scroll painting as a rollable abstract sculpture.

Jai Inn responds to the unique architectural characteristics of the Queensland Art Gallery in this arrangement of works that explore his interests in time and transformation. The artist seeks to create layered views that reveal and conceal, and to enact portals between worlds.