NATEE UTARIT : After Painting - Singapore Art Museum

GO TO GALLERY 2.3: PAINTING AFTER PHOTOGRAPHY
3. Look closely at this painting. What do you see?
4. Does the image look like an animal, an object or a
person?
5. Compare this painting with Mother.
The artist painted this picture when he thought about his mother. What words come to your mind
when you look at this picture?
Did you know?
Natee Utarit is very close to his mother and his mother is being featured in both his paintings here. In Motr Figure,
he es an abstract style to represent his mother while in Mother, he uses a more realistic style. Do you know what
abstract and realistic style is? Search for their definitions on the internet!
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