Supples Gallery is pleased to present Mirage, the second solo exhibition by Asoke (b. 1948).
Building on the explorations of perception and subconscious imagery in his previous exhibition Suggestions, Asoke Aryapratheep’s Mirage deepens his inquiry into the fluid boundaries between reality and illusion. In this new series, Asoke constructs layered worlds where suggestive forms, bursts of color, and faint architectural outlines intermingle, creating scenes that feel at once spatially grounded and dreamlike. These compositions evoke the sensation of glimpsing familiar structures through shifting light or memory—never fixed, always on the verge of transforming.
Mirage 5, 2025
Mixed media on canvas
50 x 50
Mirage continues Asoke’s fascination with how the mind completes, reshapes, or questions what the eye encounters. Randomised marks and atmospheric hues emerge through multiple strata of paint and ink, generating visual ambiguities that invite the viewer to project their own interpretations. The resulting works function like ephemeral landscapes: places that seem to exist only momentarily, dissolving as soon as one looks closer.
Untitled 55, 2025
Mixed media on paper
15.5 x 20 cm
Asoke’s eclectic, hands-on technique—combining traditional tools with unconventional implements—creates richly textured surfaces that vibrate between abstraction and suggestion. In Mirage, he expands this approach by shifting from smaller-scale collages to a larger canvas, allowing his layered marks and diffused forms to unfold with greater spatial resonance. These tactile surfaces mimic the experience of navigating memory or architecture in a dream, where space feels both intimate and ungraspable.
Through this series, Asoke offers a contemplative journey into the nature of perception itself, challenging viewers to linger within the uncertainty of what is seen, imagined, or remembered.
Untitled 59, 2025
Mixed media on paper
17 x 19 cm
Sayonara, 2025
Mixed media on canvas
100 x 100 cm
About the artist
Asoke Aryapratheep (b. 1948), born in Bangkok, Thailand, studied Fine Art at Carlisle College of Art and Nottingham College of Art. His work has been exhibited in Bangkok, New Delhi, and Berlin. Following his first solo show in Thailand in over a decade with Suggestions, Mirage represents the next evolution of his ongoing exploration into abstraction, perception, and the subconscious.
Selected Artworks
