Rush Pleansuk, “Genii Loci ”

Derived from a Roman word, “Genii Loci” refers to the protective spirit of a place and the name of an exhibition by Rush Pleansuk. He is an artist who translates and transforms the Asian tradition and Thai belief that spirits are believed to be protectors of the living into contemporary creation.

The construction and identification of a certain object as a place where the ‘spirit’ resides is deeply rooted within Eastern culture. Pleansuk’s intricately interwoven art of furniture design, where the abstract is made tangible, passes that tradition onto the present generation.