We have all experienced emotions such as anger, sadness, grief, depression, and pain. We have gone through various emotional states. However, because crying has often been interpreted as a symbol of weakness, we choose to conceal those emotions instead of accepting and dealing with them. But these sorrows do not simply fade away on their own. Each suppressed emotion creates an imbalance in our hearts, accumulating day by day. The pain we thought we had hidden well eventually overflows, just like the moments when we can no longer hold back our tears.
We may isolate ourselves from everyone in life, drowning in our own solitude. In doing so, we harm the souls of those around us, denying ourselves happiness and even rejecting love from others. All of this happens because we exhaust every possible means to avoid crying.
However, crying is a process that can instantly heal our souls. It plays a crucial role in helping us recover the shattered parts of ourselves. When we release those emotions along with the streaming tears, the heavy burden we used to carry starts to lighten.
Even if we have experienced immense sadness and shed tears deeply, in the end, it gradually fades away and transforms into mere understanding. We grow stronger, tougher, and eventually move past it.
Everybody cries sometimes… And so do I. So do you. So do we.
About the Artist
"'Molly' is not a name I have carried since birth... It originated from a name given to me in English class when I was young. It has become a name familiar to those around me. From a name that once seemed insignificant, it has transformed into the name I use in my artistic endeavors. They refer to me by that name, but how do they perceive me?
I have grown amidst nurturing and experiences that have shaped my resilience. A society that demands perpetual happiness. A life that conceals vulnerability. They perceive me always with a smile. During moments of vulnerability, I find solace in channeling my sorrows through my work. I unveil my true self through the strokes on paper. I express my emotions through the brush on canvas. Perhaps, within the realm of art, I am granted the freedom to genuinely express myself.
"Crybaby" effortlessly sheds tears, directly conveys sorrow. Fragile and easily shattered. Smiling through tears, as if consoling myself on days when the burden becomes unbearable. Willing to expose my vulnerability in order to better understand myself.
They call me "Molly" and hope to embrace every emotion within me... through 'Crybaby.'"
- Molly.
"Everybody/Cries/Sometimes", Molly Crybaby's landmark solo exhibition, plumbs the seething well of emotions beneath our friable public facades. Spanning paintings and sculptures, the selection of works in Crybaby's signature style are showcased in RCB Galleria 1-3, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, with free admission. For the show-stopping waterworks, the exclusive "The Insomniac" zone awaits on the floor below.
"The Insomniac Zone" is a sanctuary for everyone who has cried themselves to sleep, or laid awake in the darkness, trapped in an interminable gyre of thoughts until morning light. Here, they can cry in the company of other "Insomniacs" and a colossal Crybaby sculpture in a large room located in the RCB Artery, 1st floor of River City Bangkok. "The Insomniac Zone" ticket (450 THB) will equip visitors with a "No sleep" set- consisting of exclusive enamel pins and a pajama suit, worn into Crybaby's room- and exclusive access to take photographs and shed all the tears they've been holding back in "The Insomniac Zone".
Tickets can be purchased from 5 July 2023 onwards at Ticketmelon http://bitly.ws/KfNV
Experience collective catharsis in Crybaby's latest solo exhibition, Everybody/Cries/Sometimes, open 22 July - 30 September 2023.
RCB Galleria 1-3, 2nd floor of River City Bangkok, and RCB Artery, 1st floor of River City Bangkok.
Follow the artist on Instagram: @crybaby_molly_
Source: River City Bangkok