After reading two books with red-coloured covers -- bell hooks' All About Love and Tara Costello's Red Moon Gang, Chanaradee Chatrakul Na Ayudhya, better known as juli baker and summer, became triggered by issues in the books, including relationships, politics, capitalism and menstruation. In order to convey the messages she perceived in the books, Chanaradee tracked her emotions throughout her 28-day menstruation cycle and transformed them into sketches. Inspired by her daily events, the artist created 29 paintings, one fibreglass sculpture and one animation for her latest exhibition titled "She's Too Much". All rough sketches are displayed at the showcase.
"I want the audience to explore their emotions, events that happen to them and circumstances of how they happened -- whether it happened due to hormones, physical features or bigger issues like social structures. The exhibition is not limited to only women since art is not gender specific. One of my male friends who came with his girlfriend told me that he liked the exhibition, but did not understand it much. On the other hand, his girlfriend was really into it. Perhaps, there is something about the exhibition that women can relate to more easily," said Chanaradee.
