RCB Portrait Prize 2022 Packing Room Prize Winner

In addition to the Portrait Prize, the THB200,000 Packing Room Prize was won for “Time and Care” by Ronachart Mahakphichian. The prize was judged by RCB’s Exhibition team – the people responsible for booking, curating, installing, and managing all exhibitions at the art and antique centre, and who see a wide array of art that is presented throughout the years.

Ronachart described this painting as

“Who is the one who shows concern? Is it my grandfather who shows his concern to my father? Or is it my father who shows his concern toward my grandfather? Their facial expressions show that both show their concern toward each other. My father holds my grandfather’s wrinkled hand. He looks worried about his hand as it is the hand of a person who has been through obstacles in order to take care of his family and childrens. As my grandfather ages, he will become more susceptible to disease and disability. My father would like to take care of my grandfather as long as he can.

Meanwhile, my grandfather looks at my father with his aging eyes. This pair of eyes has looked at my father since he was born. No matter how grown he is, you can still notice the way my grandfather looks at my father caringly.

The clock is ticking every day. There is no running back. It is the same in our life as well. There are only today and tomorrow. No one can freeze the good time so that happiness will last forever, nor can we get rid of sorrow and sadness.

The love and care that my father and my grandfather is countless. Every morning, my grandfather will watch my father go to work and get back home in the evening. He has always been watching my father grow up. My grandfather’s health is my father’s concern. Sometimes, when my father got sick, he was afraid to tell my father as he realized that my father was working hard. However, due to my grandfather’s poor health, my father will always ask my grandfather about his health. My father used to tell me he knew everything has its own time. But it is impossible to ignore my grandfather.”

View ‘Time and Care’, the winning painting of the Portrait Prize together with 80 works by the finalists at RCB Photographers’ Gallery 1-2 on 2nd floor running until 13 November. Free entry.

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite portrait at the desk outside the gallery. The painting with the most votes will win the People’s Choice Prize of THB100,000 which will be announced at the close of the exhibition.