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Examining identity
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 16/11/2016
» A lot is going on in "Continuum: Acculturating", the latest exhibition at The Art Center at Chulalongkorn University. Jakkai Siributr, Jedsada Tangtrakulwong and Piyatat Hemmatat show different interests and practices, and with "acculturation" as the key idea, the result is three separate and complicated realms. In them, narratives and cultural identities -- those of the artists' origins and from the new environments they are looking at -- are constantly shifting and integrating.
Art without hostility
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 18/11/2015
» Thepnara Kongsawang was uncomfortable elaborating on how he was punished by his drill sergeants during his one-year conscription at a military camp. What's done is done, the 28-year-old artist said, and his art was never meant as an act of hostility against the military in any way. It's simply a set of works designed to make comments and poke fun.
December's wonderful fruit
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/10/2015
» Following the first line-up announcement last month, the four-day camping festival of arts and lifestyle, Wonderfruit, released its second list of artists and activities for the 2015 edition last week.
Charity auction of Ekachai Wankaew's paintings
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/12/2013
» For a young boy who was once rejected by the local school because of his disability, it seems almost an impossibility that Ekachai Wankaew has become not only an able artist, but also a graduate of Poh Chang Academy of Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology of Rattanakosin and an art professor.
Flexing his muscles
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 09/05/2013
» Being sick is usually a good excuse to stay off work, but for veteran watercolour painter and teacher Kosol Pinkul it's the other way round. Suffering from muscular weakness, far from taking the chance to retire and rest, the 69-year-old artist continued to work and later proved painting can be not only creatively powerful, but physically rehabilitating as well.