Ruin by Pannaphan Yodmanee
By Romtham Srinaram
A review of Pannaphan Yodmanee's "Ruin" — an exhibition exploring themes of decay, memory, and the passage of time through mixed-media paintings and installations.
Pannaphan Yodmanee creates works that appear archaeological — layered surfaces built from cement, paint, found materials, and architectural fragments that suggest ruins both ancient and contemporary. Her practice merges painting with construction, creating three-dimensional wall works that hover between image and object.
The exhibition "Ruin" examined what remains after destruction — physical remnants, cultural memory, and the stories embedded in broken things. Through her distinctive material language, Yodmanee asked viewers to consider ruin not as ending but as a site of potential meaning.