{"product_id":"david-sampethai-a-better-tomorrow","title":"David Sampethai - A better tomorrow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA better tomorrow (diptych)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatercolor, ink, colored pencil and oil pastel on paper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44x32cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Sampethai works across the fields of drawing, printmaking, artist books, sculpture, tapestry, sound\/music and writing, with painting always at the center of his practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe loves painting the most because he believes it is the best way to say something you can’t exactly put your finger on.  Through his paintings, a distinctly personal form of storytelling emerges, sometimes employing narration techniques of different mediums such as soundtracks, audio-guides and sound design. True to painting’s strongest attribute however, it reveals as much as it withholds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften, he alternates between two painting modes. He begins by working fast on a large number of small works, often on paper or ceramic tiles, through which themes, characters and associations first surface. When he feels like he is pulling on a thread, he proceeds to work simultaneously on large paintings. There, decision-making casts a heavier shadow and a layered process of addition, erasure and looking, slowly unfolds. Elements from the smaller works are revisited and expanded on, arriving however, once again, somewhere unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is represented by Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery (Athens, Greece). Recent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eIn A Bright Green Field \u003c\/em\u003e(2025) organized by DESTE Foundation and the New Museum, presented at Benaki Museum and curated by Gary Carrion-Murayari, Kraus Family Senior Curator at the New Museum, \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e (2025) by Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery in collaboration with Galerie Max Hetzler, \u003cem\u003eWe, The Monster\u003c\/em\u003e (2024) with Malvina Panagiotidi at MOMus – Experimental Centre for the Arts, curated by Orestis Andreadakis, \u003cem\u003eIthakis 42\u003c\/em\u003e (2026) by Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, \u003cem\u003eCeramics Second Edition \u003c\/em\u003e(2026) by Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery in collaboration with The Great Design Disaster and \u003cem\u003eThe Collective Purr \u003c\/em\u003e(2024) curated by Nadja Argyropoulou.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rabbet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295321100623,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/6321\/0063\/files\/IMG_2767.jpg?v=1784849105","url":"https:\/\/rabbetartauction.co.uk\/products\/david-sampethai-a-better-tomorrow","provider":"Rabbet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}