Bagan — Passage

In Bagan — Passage, Soe Moe Tun reimagines Bagan through fields of colour, fragmented forms, and two solitary figures moving through an abstracted environment. Rather than describing a specific monument or view, the work evokes the experience of passing through a place — where architecture, people, colour, and memory overlap. Bagan becomes less a fixed landscape and more a collection of impressions carried with us as we move through it. Created during ARTICO RESIDENCY 2026, the painting reflects Bagan as a place experienced, remembered, and continually reimagined.

Soe Moe Tun

Soe Moe Tun is a Myanmar contemporary artist born in 1991 and based in Yangon. A graduate of the State School of Fine Arts (Yangon), his practice explores freedom, human experience, and the continuous processes of movement and change. Through bold color, simplified forms, and expressive compositions, he approaches art as a means of emotional liberation and connection. His solo exhibitions include Moving On, Chess, and 21st Century Pieces.

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