Golden Teardrop
- EXHIBITION DATE : NOV 9, 2025 - FEB 15, 2026
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Golden Teardrop is a work that transcends time and borders, reflecting stories of memory, culture, and the quiet connections between people found within the smallest details of everyday life. Arin Rungjang first created this work in 2013 for the Venice Biennale, using Thong Yod, a Thai dessert with Portuguese origins, as a symbol of cultural exchange and labor during the colonial period. This seemingly simple object became a vessel for histories interwoven with beauty, bitterness, and remembrance.
Later, Golden Teardrop (2025) was recreated within the context of MOCA BANGKOK to explore the relationship between art and institutions. The work finds new meaning through the perspective of a private museum founded upon Boonchai Bencharongkul’s faith and devotion to art, inspired by the vision of Professor Silpa Bhirasri, who laid the foundation for modern Thai art. Its return is not merely a repetition but an opening of new dialogue, reflecting how contemporary Thai art continues to grow, move, and define itself within the structures of art institutions today.
The exhibition unfolds across four main sections, weaving together the story of Golden Teardrop into a single experience that connects past, present, and future.
Atrium
Presents Golden Teardrop (2025), newly created for MOCA BANGKOK as a site-specific installation of 2,774 brass drops suspended in air. The rhythmic composition evokes a sense of order, craftsmanship, and contemplation, inviting viewers to reflect on the role of the museum as a space of perception and interpretation.
Temporary Exhibition 1
Features The Making of Golden Teardrop, revealing the creative process during the Venice Biennale through behind-the-scenes documentation and voices of those involved in the making of the work.
Temporary Exhibition 2
Displays the original Golden Teardrop (2013), supported by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, presenting the conceptual roots and narrative structure that remain central to the work today.
Temporary Exhibition 3
Presents a video interview in which the artist shares his ideas and inspiration, reflecting on how art connects with life, belief, and memory.
Golden Teardrop is an exhibition that opens a space for art and audience to meet once more, where the past and the present converge in quiet resonance.
Golden Teardrop is a work that transcends time and borders, reflecting stories of memory, culture, and the quiet connections between people found within the smallest details of everyday life. Arin Rungjang first created this work in 2013 for the Venice Biennale, using Thong Yod, a Thai dessert with Portuguese origins, as a symbol of cultural exchange and labor during the colonial period. This seemingly simple object became a vessel for histories interwoven with beauty, bitterness, and remembrance.
Later, Golden Teardrop (2025) was recreated within the context of MOCA BANGKOK to explore the relationship between art and institutions. The work finds new meaning through the perspective of a private museum founded upon Boonchai Bencharongkul’s faith and devotion to art, inspired by the vision of Professor Silpa Bhirasri, who laid the foundation for modern Thai art. Its return is not merely a repetition but an opening of new dialogue, reflecting how contemporary Thai art continues to grow, move, and define itself within the structures of art institutions today.
The exhibition unfolds across four main sections, weaving together the story of Golden Teardrop into a single experience that connects past, present, and future.
Atrium
Presents Golden Teardrop (2025), newly created for MOCA BANGKOK as a site-specific installation of 2,774 brass drops suspended in air. The rhythmic composition evokes a sense of order, craftsmanship, and contemplation, inviting viewers to reflect on the role of the museum as a space of perception and interpretation.
Temporary Exhibition 1
Features The Making of Golden Teardrop, revealing the creative process during the Venice Biennale through behind-the-scenes documentation and voices of those involved in the making of the work.
Temporary Exhibition 2
Displays the original Golden Teardrop (2013), supported by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, presenting the conceptual roots and narrative structure that remain central to the work today.
Temporary Exhibition 3
Presents a video interview in which the artist shares his ideas and inspiration, reflecting on how art connects with life, belief, and memory.
Golden Teardrop is an exhibition that opens a space for art and audience to meet once more, where the past and the present converge in quiet resonance.
