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Let's start with forever
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 23/08/2018
» A newcomer to the Thai art scene, Mexican-Taiwanese artist Pedro Hernandez is holding his first solo exhibition at Speedy Grandma, as part of the Bangkok Biennial.
Beyond the conflict
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 15/08/2018
» A garden, a public beach, two art spaces -- "Re/Form/Ing Patani" spans four different venues. This decentralised pavilion of the Bangkok Biennial could almost appear as a stand-alone event, owing to its size -- the curators invited 23 Thai and international artists to take part in the project -- and its multiple sites.
Exit through the bathroom stall
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 25/07/2018
» Are public restrooms a democratic space? Thai artist Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon believes so. Both a private and a shared area at the same time, toilets don't escape tacit rules of social interaction or the politics of access, representation, sex and gender imposed on other spaces.
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.
Southeast Asian rituals, interpreted
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 30/05/2018
» Who said rituals had to be dull?
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.
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.
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.
Cool China
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 16/02/2018
» Some 20 or 30 years ago, the fact that Somchai Kwangtonpanich spoke Chinese or carried out Chinese traditions in his daily life was looked down upon.
Out of the darkness
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 05/01/2018
» You're likely to stumble and fumble as you make your way through the darkened H Gallery and artist Jedsada Tangtrakulwong's latest show "Eclipse". Plunged in near-total obscurity, visitors find themselves drawn to the dim glimmers projected by low-hanging light bulbs.