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Narrative of Monuments
Life, Published on 17/01/2018
» Kata Sangkhae's conceptual photographs of the Democracy Monument may inspire hope or despair according to the viewer's interpretation. Against the night sky, at times blurry and then in sharp focus but without detail definition, his non-naturalistic images of blinding light on the golden replica of the constitution convey tall white shapes evocative of disembodied spirits.
Poor need homes, not monuments
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 14/03/2018
» Here in the City of London, you can step out of Bank underground station and walk a few hundred metres in any direction to see what Pritzker Prize-winning architects can do when they push themselves. At Bank intersection itself, breaking up the heavy imperial-era neoclassicism of Soane, Baker and Lutyens is James Stirling's Number One Poultry, whose postmodern curves softly echo the other buildings' grandiose lines. Stirling won the Pritzker, "architecture's Nobel Prize", in 1981; Number One Poultry, still controversial, is nevertheless now the youngest building to be officially protected, or "listed", by the British government.
Who's responsible for Bangkok's monuments?
News, Supoj Wancharoen and Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 23/09/2018
» The hunt to find the caretaker of Victory Monument since the beginning of this month has brought public attention to Bangkok's monuments and how state agencies take care of them.
Landmarks and monuments rebuilt from ruins
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» PARIS - From bombed cathedrals to historic opera houses that went up in flames, here are examples of landmark buildings that were destroyed and then rebuilt, as is planned for Paris's fire-gutted Notre Dame Cathedral.
Monuments defaced as Australians protest, celebrate national day
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2025
» MELBOURNE - Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer.
City begins hunt for 'owners' of 15 Bangkok monuments
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 03/07/2018
» City Hall is searching for the "owners" of 15 monuments in Bangkok as it prepares to embark on a project for their restoration.
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Two more Hong Kong universities on Friday removed public monuments to the 1989 Tiananmen protests in Beijing, following on the heels of the dismantling of a sculpture marking victims of the crackdown at another university earlier this week.
Sculptor gets laughs in New York with monuments to fake tragedies
AFP, Published on 24/12/2018
» NEW YORK - It all started in 2016 with a bronze statue commemorating the tragic day in November 1963 when a giant octopus upended the Staten Island ferry, killing nearly 400 people in New York.
Challenging historical narratives
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/06/2021
» Leading Thai sculptor Rattana Salee has a treat for art enthusiasts in her latest solo exhibition "Unreal Monument".
Symbolic uncertainty
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 24/01/2018
» As Thailand continues to search for a way out of the black hole of politics, Kata Sangkhae's latest solo exhibition "Narrative Of Monuments" at Kathmandu Photo Gallery on Silom couldn't come at a better time.