Global warming has made all of us fans of the fan, finding no comfort in comforters
The show's title is "Sweet with Mr Fan" and it's full of fanciful pop icons, so there's a temptation to dismiss Yuree Kensaku's exhibition as soap-opera silly.
But we know from previous shows that the young Thai-Japanese is going to have gripping stuff beneath the cartoon hues and mixed-media jumbles. We've seen her tackle corruption, gambling and the Iraq war with the chaotic whimsy that's her preferred weapon.
"When we want to say something about sorrow, it doesn't have to cause more sadness," says Yuree. "My work looks like a bubblegum dessert, but that's not the flavour you get."
Mr Fan is the cool appliance with which she's fallen in love during this elongating, CO2-heated summer. In "Nobody But You", a ceiling fan fails to chill a crowd of sweaty people in a tiny room, but placed in front of the painting is a lovely couple sure to cool things down - an actual fan and a real tin of talcum powder.
"Under the Fluffy Comforter" is a self-portrait in acrylic on quilted material. She's sleeping happily in the folds of another household object of her affection, Mr Comforter, but he's been spurned for the time being: his warmth isn't what she's "looking for in a companion right know".
Yuree knows that what she's experienced in life "may not seem a big deal compared to those who've been affected by catastrophe due to global warming", but says their plight has inspired her "to be more worried about the environment".
A wade through Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" later, and she's using panelled doors as comic-strip frames, with a "Delightful Past, Regretful Present and Torturous Future" presented in succession.
In the final panel, young people chastise adults for causing the environmental crisis. It could be Yuree's vision of her recently born niece discovering what she's done. Her reply is another painting, "Baby Don't Cry".
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"Sweet with Mr Fan" continues until August 23 at 100 Tonson Gallery at 100 Soi Tonson off Ploenchit Road. It's open Thursday to Sunday from 11 to 7.
The Plaza Athenee Bangkok gives its guests access to the gallery around the clock.
Call (02) 684 1527 or visit www.100TonsonGallery.com.