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An alternative dimension
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 09/11/2017
» Entering Chai Siris' exhibition at Gallery VER is in many ways like penetrating a spirit house. Once shuffled through the door, visitors find themselves plunged in semi-obscurity, surrounded by life-size banana trees and landscape views that cover entire walls.
Stones of reflection
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/10/2017
» Nino Sarabutra's artworks have long dealt with life, death and loss. But the passing of King Bhumibol Adulyadej last October made her ponder more over mortality and the deeds we leave behind once the lights go off.
A subdued mood in art honouring King Bhumbol
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 28/09/2017
» The number of events and activities is likely to drop this October, as all eyes will be set on the royal cremation ceremony to take place at Sanam Luang at the end of the month. But while the atmosphere will be solemn and our clothes sombre, artists and venues are paying tribute to King Bhumibol, as a last goodbye to Thailand's longest-reigning monarch.
The woes of the yes man
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/08/2017
» Parinot Kunakornwong's exhibition "Yes" isn't meant to evoke a happy, enthusiastic affirmative -- but rather the resigned, yielding acceptance of the powers that be and of our unnatural order of things.
All that the eyes cannot see
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017
» Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?
Shattering political illusions
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/06/2017
» Audiences that entered Tada Hengsapkul's latest Bangkok exhibition expecting nude photographs were in for a surprise.
Hanging politics on the wall
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 31/05/2017
» Art and artists aren't as detached from worldly matters as many like to think. In the past couple of years, contemporary artists have undoubtedly given form to some of the most daring and powerful expressions of our collective feelings of angst, unrest and hope -- while increasingly becoming aware of, and subject to, the restrictions on freedoms that are in place.
Life on the backstreets
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/05/2017
» 'Where's the entrance to the terrace?", "Where are the rest rooms?", "Where's the rattan Ferrari?".
Teutonic dreams, re-dreamt
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 05/04/2017
» There is nothing quite like seeing -- back to back -- two of Pina Bausch's most emblematic works. Audiences are met with double the beauty, and double the intensity, of the late German choreographer's compositions, dreamy and surreal, both emotionally and psychologically raw.
Govt urged to press Pyongyang on 'missing' abductee
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/11/2016
» Thailand needs to be persistent in demanding the return of a Thai national abducted by North Korean agents more than 30 years ago, human rights advocates have told an international forum.