ART BASEL QATAR 2026

Sanpitak gained recognition in the early 1990s for her iconic breast forms, and by decade’s end she had inverted the motif into a vessel, an evolution that broadened her reflections on the female self and motherhood into a wider investigation of the human form and of humanity. On view in Qatar will be two large-scale drawings, Vessel 1 (2000) and Vessel 3 (2000), each depicting a floating form suspended in a black field. These are important early drawings of a motif the artist would return to repeatedly in the decades to come.

Complementing these is a suite of six monoprints on paper from her Vessels series (2000), each a subtle variation on the others. Also on view will be Balancing Act 24 (2024), a kinetic installation composed of twenty-four antique Indian water vessels, each poised atop a motorised plinth. These formerly utilitarian, colourful metal forms are reanimated through a gentle rocking motion. At the mouth of each vessel, a delicate stack of hand-dyed mulberry paper forms the silhouette of a breast. Their constant movement reflects Sanpitak’s belief that balance is not a fixed state but a dynamic condition.