Mount Meru and the Three Realms is Beng Yuenyong’s first solo exhibition and is showing the results of the research he has been conducting since 2019. The title of the work refers to the sacred mountain in Buddhist and Hindu cosmology; it is the place where the three realms earth, atmosphere and sky meet and the different planes of existence  or mortals, spirits, demons and gods intersect. Yuenyong is presenting a sculptural installation, paintings and an animation. Like Mount Meru, this exhibition aims to be a site of intersection – combining three themes that are at the base of his artistic practice: religion, consumerism and science.

Beng Yuenyong (1987) was born in Bangkok, but his family moved to The Netherlands when he was still young. He graduated from the department of ArtScience (BA) at the Royal Academy of art in The Hague in 2017.His artistic practice is driven by his research on changes in the iconography of the sublime throughout Western art history and changes in society caused by technological advancement and capitalism. Next to that he researches Thai religious objects and rituals related to Theravada Buddhism and its adaptation to capitalism and consumerism.