Montien BOONMA b. 1953 – 2000, Thailand Through his sculptures and installations, Montien Boonma looked to internal, local and philosophical sources as a means of exploring the significance of the transcendental. As a devout Buddhist, Montien’s work engaged profoundly with his meditations on the relationship between the material and non-material aspects of life. Boonma was born in 1953 in Bangkok, Thailand, where he died in 2000. Montien Boonma’s interest in the sensual was made manifest in his diverse use of materials including clay, metal and traditional Thai herbs, which suggested scent, touch, shadow, and silence. His resonant work proposes illusiveness and lightness as compelling responses to modernity. Montien Boonma is one of the most significant artists to emerge from South East Asia in the late twentieth century.
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