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Corporation with a conscience
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 13/06/2018
» Letters and postcards dating back to the 1880s adorn the walls of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, ordered in a chronological pathway leading to an exhibition by 15 contemporary Thai artists.
A harbinger of things to come
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018
» The fifth floor of an office tower may seem an unusual choice of venue for Indonesia's first museum of modern and contemporary art, but its geographical location puzzled local and regional art aficionados the most.
Art and coup: Four years and counting
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 23/05/2018
» Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of the May 2014 coup d'etat. While it continues to underpin the political landscape, the coup also sparked an unprecedented rise in Thai artworks with political messages. A new political art exhibition took place almost every month since May 2014.
Cutting through the noise
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 09/05/2018
» Noise levels over 85 decibels begin to harm humans' auditory system. Yet the group exhibition "85-140 dB" at WTF Café and Gallery places audiences -- fictionally -- in that range between the exposure to potentially dangerous sounds and a complete loss of hearing.
Somboon Hormtienthong's evocative, abstract paintings
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 04/04/2018
» The art works are untitled, just as the show itself is called "A Painting Exhibition With No Title". Veteran Thai artist Somboon Hormtienthong does not wish to guide -- or misguide -- his audience making their way through his series of abstract works presented at Numthong Gallery.
Blurring the line between us and them
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 21/03/2018
» The toylike, 2.5cm-high wooden sculptures and multifaceted coins of Thai artist Nipan Orraniwesna are making a return this month in two separate shows at MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum in Chiang Mai and Nova Contemporary gallery in Bangkok.
All eyes on me
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 07/03/2018
» Visitors turning up at art exhibitions on Narathiwas 22 this month are greeted with two galleries of faces. While Tawan Wattuya's neon-coloured portraits of the rich and famous -- the good, the bad and the ugly -- have captivated media attention, Japanese artist Mika Tamori subtly challenges viewers' gaze and inverts the power dynamic between subject and spectator.
The many shapes of love
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 28/02/2018
» Don't refer to Douglas Diaz's paintings as simply black-and-white. "It used to drive me crazy," says the American artist whose latest body of work -- collectively titled "Love" -- is currently on show at Woof Pack Gallery in Bangkok.
The nightmare continues
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 15/02/2018
» 'Exodus Déjà Vu" lives up to its name. The photographs, displayed over three floors at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, have a strange, fleeting familiarity, bringing to mind memories of current and past events like transient flashes.