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The shape-shifting form of protests
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 06/10/2015
» The streets remained empty and all was quiet when thousands of people gathered last Wednesday night to protest against the government's Single Gateway proposal. Protesters weren't, however, down at major landmarks like Asoke or Ratchaprasong intersections, but simply in front of their computer screens. By merely punching the refresh button, these protesters let their resentment known to the authorities by crashing at least six government sites, including the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology.
The sex ceiling
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/09/2015
» Bussaraporn Thongchai believes it would have been completely different if her paintings were displayed, say, by the fountain display at Parc Paragon. She's probably right. The main subject of her ongoing exhibition "I'm Not Your Holy Mother" at Ardel's Third Place Gallery is an old and haggard, yet sexually unrestrained version of the mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary. One piece shows an up-skirt shot of a woman squatting, while the other shows a woman hung upside down on a crucifix, her wrinkled body and breasts weighed down.
Nagara on display
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 15/09/2015
» At Siam Paragon's Hall of Fame, where luxury car displays and condominium sales events usually stand, abstract art and clothing has taken their place and it's all for a good cause. For the first time in over 30 years, fashion designer Nagara Sambandaraksa is showcasing more than 50 pieces of artwork in the "Nagara Painting Exhibition".
The food stylist
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 12/09/2015
» Paweethida Tanjasiri's som tum doesn’t look like any we’ve ever seen before. Her chops of string beans are of a purplish hue and the sliced tomatoes vary in colour. Along with the usual beans and dried shrimps, corn kernels, pomegranate seeds and slices of beetroot are dotted against the white wide-rim plate. Fear not, the 26-year-old is not a radical, nor an antinationalist trying to undermine what has long been part of our culinary identity, however, but a food stylist.
Mixed media
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 26/08/2015
» Photo Bangkok 2015 continues in galleries throughout the capital. It seems, however, that the festival will have to wait until “Weatherproof” at WTF Gallery and “Rediscovering Forgotten Thai Masters Of Photography” at Bangkok University Gallery open in September before it’s back in the spotlight again.
Through the lens
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/07/2015
» The photography scene in Bangkok used to be about specialised venues such as Kathmandu Photo Gallery, Serindia Gallery or RMA Institute. Or maybe a handful others if just pinning photographs on walls counts as an exhibition.
From stuffed rats to geometric abstraction
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 08/07/2015
» The works in “Synthesis”, on display at Chulalongkorn University’s The Art Center, are best enjoyed individually. From a massive acrylic painting which playfully questions the Thai education system, geometric abstraction portraying urban landscapes to a dead rat stuffed and mounted, the show isn’t exactly “the act of combining separate things, ideas etc into a complete whole”, as the title suggests.
Life certainly is bleak
Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 30/06/2015
» Joyless, glum and uninspiring. These are just a few of the words ascribed to this year’s Venice Biennale. There’s truth in that — a considerable amount.
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.
Hungry for solutions
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2015
» Boats are floating, one filled with fresh flowers, the other carrying a supply of meatballs, white noodles, or sen lek, fish sauce, chilli powder and sugar. Next to that is a rice paddy, which looks about a month old.