THE INHERENT PARADOX teerapon hosanga
RUSSO YUBERO
The Inherent Paradox Teerapon Hosanga
Teerapon Hosanga
Teerapon Hosanga’s (b. 1980) works cast light on the paradoxes inherent in the events and objects of everyday life—the ultimate being that man creates and destroys simultaneously. The artist reveals these contradictions by ascribing new aesthetic values to familiar objects we encounter daily. In doing so, the original purposes and values of these objects are rendered void and replaced by the paradox. In his White and Blue Helmets series, Teerapon incorporates the fragility and preciousness of white and blue ceramic porcelain into motorcycle helmets, thereby conferring this protective gear with new meanings and values. The series opens a debate about our fragility and the extent to which we are supposed to be protected in the world in which we live today. The jarring contrast between the helmets that are intended to be strong, protective, and flexible and the reality of the limited shield and security they provide is a metaphor of the world we are building for our children to live in.
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Double Golden Dragon
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Double Golden Dragon
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Plum Blossom
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Plum Blossom
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Duck and Lotus
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Duck and Lotus
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Phoenix
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Phoenix
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous pages :
Eight Dragons
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
Lu Bu
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Lu Bu
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Arab Spring
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Arab Spring
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Rubber Duck Shield
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Rubber Duck Shield
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Norasing
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Norasing
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Double Singha
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Double Singha
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Singha
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Singha
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Pure
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Pure
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Arabic
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Arabic
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Bird and Flower
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Bird and Flower
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Confucius
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Confucius
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Crazing
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Crazing
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Dragon
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Dragon
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Farmer
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Farmer
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Hong Kong Protest
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Hong Kong Protest
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Red Bat
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Red Bat
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Small Bat
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Small Bat
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Spotted Deer
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Spotted Deer
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
The Traveller
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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The Traveller
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Present pages :
Bamboo and Pine
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Bamboo and Pine
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Chinese Lion
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Chinese Lion
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Left pages :
Landscape and Flower
Size : 60 cm x 60 cm, Oil on Motorbike Helmet
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Previous and Right pages :
Flower Plate
Size : 20 cm x 20 cm, Oil on Plate
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Previous and Left pages :
Yellow Star Flower
Size : 20 cm x 20 cm, Oil on Plate
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Credits This book gathers 14 helmets and 2 plates by Teerapon Hosanga, produced from 2018 to 2020, Oil on Motobike Helmet and Plate. All the artworks in this book are dated and signed on the back by the Artist.
Curators Hélène YUBERO Francois RUSSO
Creative Direction Francois RUSSO Assistant Pakin JANETHUMNUGUL
Publisher RUSSO YUBERO PUBLISHING books@russoyubero.net Route du Grand Lancy 6A 1227 GENEVA SWITZERLAND GENEVA - BANGKOK - CHIANGMAI