Just Let Me Be

It begins quietly, without fanfare – 50 canvases, each one a pulse of unfiltered feeling. The artists are all people with down syndrome, and for once, no one has told them what art should look like. They paint as they wish, unbothered by rules or the myth of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. The colours are often jubilant, sometimes contemplative, always honest. Wander long enough and you’ll notice there’s no coded message to decode, no clever irony to catch. The works simply exist, as their makers do, with an ease that most of us have forgotten. It’s a rare thing – to be invited into a world where the point isn’t perfection but sincerity. Standing before these pieces, you realise it’s less about art as an object and more about the courage of being entirely oneself. August 14-31. Free. MOCA Bangkok, 10am-6pm