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Urban exploration
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 13/10/2016
» The basement space in front of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre's art library is usually bare and unexciting. Now, however, it's filled with an array of patterns -- abstract from one angle, vaguely figurative from another -- in forms of tapestry and felt that work as canvases and even sculptural forms.
Clay play
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/07/2016
» Bowls, dishes and cups are stripped of their original function in the exhibition "The Ceramic View Bangkok" at the National Gallery. Their forms are extorted, and at times, there are no recognisable shapes left at all. Ceramic, a material usually associated with kitchenware or decorative items, is employed in this show, as paint is by painters, to create pieces of art.
Reframing masters
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/04/2016
» As if the collection of Southeast Asian modern art at the recently opened National Gallery Singapore wasn't overwhelmingly impressive enough, the gallery has recently launched yet another show which, and this is no overstatement, is in itself worth making a trip to the Lion City.
Building blocks
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/11/2015
» ‘An example of bold, contemporary architectural thinking,” said World Architecture Festival director Paul Finch of “The Interlace”, a residential development designed by OMA/Buro Ole Scheeren, which has been crowned World Building of the Year 2015 at the World Architecture Festival in Singapore earlier this month.
Through the look of glass
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 14/10/2015
» 'By The Glass", a current show at Serindia Gallery by British artist Louise Truslow, is perched somewhere between fine and decorative arts. Most of the kiln-formed glasses are bowl-shaped, yet, displayed against a lit table, they become more like abstract sculptures, immediately rid of function and practicality.
Odd mediums at the forefront
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/06/2015
» From pixelated photographs, to paintings on photographic paper and sculptures carved into wooden chopping boards, this month's art scene is a delightful experience — even the mediums just mentioned themselves have much to say.
Curators' favourite exhibitions of 2014
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 19/12/2014
» This year visual art, compared to theatre and film, has not been all that politically active despite 2014, with its mass protests, coup and subsequent outcry for freedom of expression being one of the most tumultuous years in recent history.While most galleries have retained their stance on putting on exhibitions purely for aesthetic purposes, it's exciting to see a few small art spaces that have been active in providing alternative venues for young artists. In this round-up, Life asks five curators to pick their favourite shows of the year.
Sewn in
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/06/2014
» You can call Jakkai Siributr a “textile artist” — he doesn’t mind.