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    Where time and space cease to exist

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 02/11/2016

    » How do we picture the world and ourselves? That is one of the key questions asked in "An Atlas Of Mirrors", the fifth edition of Singapore Biennale, which opened last week at various venues with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and SAM at 8Q as the main spaces. As many as 63 artists and collectives joined and the result is a gushing forth of narratives -- collective and personal, historical and contemporary, factual and imaginary.

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    High concept

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 28/09/2016

    » Entang Wiharso, Geraldine Javier, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhao Zhao -- I've Googled them, and yes, they are all huge in the contemporary art world.

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    Rock of ages

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 20/09/2016

    » In 1992, Moderndog as students went onstage in The Coke Music Award with the sole intention of messing things around -- it was at the time a relatively sombre affair with a lot of bands opting for jazz. "It was the only chance we had to make loud noise in the Chulalongkorn University Auditorium," said the band's lead singer Thanachai Ujjin in a recent interview with Life.

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    Wake up and smell the truth

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/02/2016

    » During a recent press tour of “Scene From A Wake” by Anup Mathew Thomas, this year’s winner of the Han Nefkens Foundation-BACC Award for Contemporary Art, there wasn’t really a tour. We were left to wander unguided, and consequently left confused, even though the Indian artist was present. The second attempt was through an email interview: “Suppose this is a virtual tour, can you take our readers through a few of your pieces in the exhibition?” Here’s his reply:

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    Back on track

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/11/2015

    » Aside from "Journey Of 999 Elephants" -- an exhibition in which 999 artists joined to paint 999 exact same models of elephants that are now strewn everywhere from CentralWorld, Zen, on the BTS Skywalk over Ratchaprasong intersection and on the second floor leading to the entrance of Central Chidlom to Central Embassy -- the highlight of the capital's art scene this month is "Galleries' Night", which is taking place this Friday and Saturday.

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    Hungry for solutions

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 03/06/2015

    » Boats are floating, one filled with fresh flowers, the other carrying a supply of meatballs, white noodles, or sen lek, fish sauce, chilli powder and sugar. Next to that is a rice paddy, which looks about a month old.

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    A monthly column rounding up the best of the capital's art scene

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/04/2015

    » It took me almost two hours to get to the opening of Speedy Grandma's new exhibition last Friday, due to the rush-hour traffic on Rama IV and from Surawong Road to the old town of Charoen Krung. A parking spot around there is also impossible to find. This being the hottest month of the year (some say the hottest in 55 years), the 10-minute walk from my car to the gallery felt like one additional hour.

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    From the past, into the future

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/02/2015

    » There are three versions of Korakrit Arunanondchai, one of Thailand's hottest mavericks whose works have been shown internationally in recent years: first, Korakrit in person, who isn't the most comprehensible of talkers; second, the Korakrit he professes himself to be, which is a jeans-clad, fiery-haired, spontaneous painter and gangster/rapper performance artist.

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    Soulful artist moulds the abstract with nature

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 05/11/2014

    » The paintings in Japanese artist Soichiro Shimizu's current exhibition "Sculpere" at Chulalongkorn University's The Art Center are all abstract.

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    At the threshold of art

    Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 10/09/2014

    » On the right hand side is a storm of colours that invite you to ponder its intricacy. On the left is an aerial view of a landscape of forest and blue-gray water. These two massive three-panelled abstract works, by Joe Delaney and Soichiro Shimizu respectively, form the entrance to the recently-opened Bridge Art Space, the latest addition, following hot on the heels of Speedy Grandma and Soy Sauce Factory, to the growing art community in Charoen Krung.

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