A solo exhibition called 'What Remains' is showing on the ground floor of Central Embassy on Phloenchit Road in Bangkok, and it closes on Sunday — so this is a tight window for anyone in the city who fancies an art stop between shopping and skyline views.
The show is the work of Thatsamahachai Mahaprom, who also goes by the name Pomm Chan. She's a multidisciplinary artist and designer with more than 32 years in the creative industry, and this exhibition brings together 12 pieces that reflect on memory, emotion and the traces experiences leave behind.
The centrepiece idea is 'Change'. Thatsamahachai works with an unusually tactile mix of materials: acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastels and pigments derived from natural stones, applied through drawing, marking, writing and layering to build up new textures and surfaces. Each layer of material, in her framing, stands for the way experiences gradually accumulate — they never truly vanish, even as they evolve and shift over time. Their marks stay embedded, much like the feelings and stories that shape our lives.
Among the 12 works is one titled 'The Grass Is Greener On My Side', a highlight piece inspired by her appreciation for the value and beauty of what already exists in front of her. Viewers are invited to reflect on their own pasts: are cherished moments something we'd rather forget, or do they keep shaping the person we become today? Feelings may change over time, the exhibition suggests, but experiences keep leaving their mark in the form of memories and perspectives.
For travellers, this is an easy add-on to a Bangkok itinerary. Central Embassy sits on Phloenchit Road right by the Phloenchit BTS station, so it slots neatly into a day spent around the Ratchaprasong shopping district. Ground-floor gallery spaces in malls like this are free to wander into, air-conditioned, and a good excuse to duck off the street for an hour. If you're in the city this week, it's a chance to see a veteran Thai artist's take on impermanence before the show wraps up on Sunday.
Full details on opening hours are best confirmed with the venue, but with a Sunday cutoff there's little room for delay.
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