Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn’s iterative artistic practice is steeped in rich materiality and symbolism. Her detailed intricate works traverse landscape and spirituality, as well as her experiences as a Lao-Australian. For Vongpoothorn, who grew up in Campbelltown, her solo exhibition Aflame at Campbelltown Arts Centre, “feels like going full circle.” The ambitious scale of Aflame deepens Savanhdary […]
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
In Fire Sutra II, 2021, two waves of light stream diagonally across the canvas. Modulations between light and dark on the whole, in this work, take on different intervals: there are the two strips of light yellow against the pink ground, the marks of Lao-Pali text puncturing these yellow fields, lines which mimic the patterns of scribbly […]
Savanhdary Vongpoothorn
There is a revolutionary mood in Savanhdary Vongpoothorn’s new paintings. This Lao-Australian artist returned to the Mekong River to learn from its histories and sacred beliefs.

