Apichatpong Weerasethakul : Double Visions

11 Apr-24 May 2014

Overview

Double Visions is the artist's first exhibition at Anthony Reynolds Gallery. Included in the exhibition is the first UK presentation of Dilbar (beloved) commissioned for the 2013 Sharjah Biennial. This mesmerising installation reflects upon the life of just one of the million ‘invisible’ Bangladeshi workers labouring in the United Arab Emirates. The artist says: “The works in this exhibition are a survey of lights and focus on illusion, dream and intimacy. They represent moments I would like to remember”. “With civil unrest erupting repeatedly in Thailand in the course of the past decades, I have noticed that I started to sleep more. I have started to jot down my dreams. I have produced many movies, in dreams. In reality, people are being gunned down in the streets. Books are banned. Like the sleepers, I shun the malady of reality, and together we take refuge in dreams of forever."