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Supermarket satire
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/03/2017
» To celebrate the 160th anniversary of Thai-Japanese diplomatic relations, the Japan Foundation Bangkok is presenting renowned Japanese playwright and director Toshiki Okada's Super Premium Soft Double Vanilla Rich at Chulalongkorn University's Sodsai Pantoomkomol Centre for Dramatic Arts until Sunday.
Art history
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/03/2017
» Montien Boonma, one of Thailand's most significant contemporary artists, died almost 17 years ago. The last time we had a proper glimpse of his art was in 2013 with "[Montien Boonma]: Unbuilt/Rare Works", a show by the Jim Thompson Art Centre and the Thai Art Archives in which his personal collection of documents, sketchbooks, notebooks, printed matter, photographs and video footage along with other related materials were put on display.
One man's garbage ...
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/02/2017
» Chareon Krung has for the past few years been home to many exciting galleries and Pomp is the latest addition to the vibrant scene. It's a shame that its inaugural show, titled "Pomp", ended last week as it would have made a fun part in this week's Galleries' Night.
So much art, so little time
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/02/2017
» Chiang Mai got its fill last weekend, and now it's time for the Bangkok edition of Galleries' Night, organised by the French embassy. First of all, it just amazes you how active the scene is. Running on Friday and Saturday, there will be more than 40 galleries participating in the event where venues open late into the night.
Exposure is key to Chiang Mai photography exhibition
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/01/2017
» The room is red and hot, but nothing feels erotic about it. Eight naked models are featured in Tada Hengsapkul's latest photography show "The Things That Take Us Apart", yet it resulted not in a height of sexual tension but just a seemingly normal and civilised social gathering.
Exhibition weighs in on nature of art and beauty
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/11/2016
» It seems that everyone in the world but this writer had made it to the opening of Erwin Wurm's "The Philosophy Of Instructions" at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre last Friday. The heavy rain and traffic were to blame.
Examining identity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/11/2016
» A lot is going on in "Continuum: Acculturating", the latest exhibition at The Art Center at Chulalongkorn University. Jakkai Siributr, Jedsada Tangtrakulwong and Piyatat Hemmatat show different interests and practices, and with "acculturation" as the key idea, the result is three separate and complicated realms. In them, narratives and cultural identities -- those of the artists' origins and from the new environments they are looking at -- are constantly shifting and integrating.
Silent scream
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/11/2016
» Like most other entertainment and cultural events, artist Sina Wittayawiroj's solo exhibition "Beat Around The Bush" at Bridge Art Space was cancelled last month due to the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. It was not the right time, Sina said, because this is a sensitive time and his set of multidisciplinary works attempt to speak about a certain chapter in history, which has remained a taboo.
Where time and space cease to exist
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/11/2016
» How do we picture the world and ourselves? That is one of the key questions asked in "An Atlas Of Mirrors", the fifth edition of Singapore Biennale, which opened last week at various venues with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and SAM at 8Q as the main spaces. As many as 63 artists and collectives joined and the result is a gushing forth of narratives -- collective and personal, historical and contemporary, factual and imaginary.
Personal scars, political history
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/10/2016
» In "Under The Same Sky", the latest exhibition at Nova Contemporary by photographer Tada Hengsapkul and artist Chai Siris, personal history and that of the world entwine. In no way does the show appear to strive at having these narratives untangled.