Description
Deception cannot always be detected in one’s face. So as Macbeth uttered in the last line of the First Act in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, “False face must hide what the false heart doth know,” Thai artist Natthawut Singthong shows his subject from below the shoulder holding a face that says much, whether it is his face or if it is real or false, is not certain. Natthawut made his debut in the April 12, 2014 Henry Butcher auction when his My Love 3 (2008) sold for a premium of RM9,520. Other My Love works followed: My Love II (2008), Nov 2014 for RM12,320; My Love 9 (2009), Oct 4, 2015, RM4,720; and My Love 8 (2009), Nov 6, 2016, for RM4,480. His other works, Human 5 (2008) and Bang-Kra-Thing Series No. 1 (2006) were also sold, for RM3,920 and RM2,912, respectively. He became noticed here when he was featured in the 3 Young Contemporaries (Gray Thought), at Valentine Willie Fine Art in 2005, together with Vincent Leong and Eko Nugroho. Born in Ubonratchatane in Thialand, Natthawut graduated with a BFA (Painting) from the Chiangmai University in Thailand in 2003. His solos include the Bang-Kra Thing to the Spiritual Forest and Places In Between, Singapore (2006); A Black Horse in the New Moon Night, Thailand (2005); and Recent Works (2004).