If there’s anything Aung Ko can do better than anyone, it’s capture the beauty of daily life on the Ayeyawady River. Aung Ko spent much of his life on the river, and now at his first solo exhibition, he is giving audiences a glimpse river life through his eyes.
In reality, much of the Ayeyawady River appears brown or blue to the human eye. The most striking thing about Aung Ko’s paintings is that they represent the river in a variety of unexpected hues. These variations, he says, reflect the subtle changes in the river over time that only the trained eye can see.
“I paint daily life on the river as it exists today, but I use traditional techniques,” Aung Ko told Coconuts Yangon. “I want people to see traditional Myanmar art forms and to get to know this river.”
Aung Ko stands with a man who bought one of his paintings on the opening night of the exhibition.
His subjects include boats, pagodas, mythical creatures and village homes, and many are flanked by dramatic displays of sunlight glinting off the river.
Aung Ko’s art will be on display at Pansuriya on Bogalayzay Road until December 19.
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