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Rite and wrong
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/01/2015
» Theravada Buddhism is a man’s religion. Thai women have never had an official place in the faith — this is obvious in both theory and practice.
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War and peace
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 25/08/2014
» In what Susan Sontag would refer to as the democratisation of the human experience through photography, the exhibition "Something To Talk About" presents moments in the Deep South that have largely been overlooked by news media — moments of peace.
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Heads up... Kraisak’s back!
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 23/07/2014
» At 52, Kraisak Chirachaisakul is making up for lost time. After distancing himself from the art world for almost three decades, following his graduation from Silpakorn University back in 1987, the winner of this year’s Gold Prize at the International Biennale Print Exhibition in Taiwan is staging a comeback.
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The superior shredder
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 22/07/2014
» Ekachai Jearakul is so over competing in classical guitar competitions. His first place win at the 2014 Guitar Foundation of America International Artist Competition in Los Angeles, known as “the Olympics of classic guitar”, will also be his last.
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Breaking boundaries
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 09/07/2014
» Gary Baseman walks into our interview with a box full of colour pencils held shut with a hair tie, and a sketchbook, “the 138th in my lifetime”, he says. Baseman is here for the opening of his exhibition “Play With Me Or Else” at Groove@CentralWorld, featuring larger-than-life sculptures of his playful quirky characters, including a 2.4m-tall "Toby".
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The design guy
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 03/07/2014
» ‘I ended up in Java from despair,” says Christopher Guy Harrison, founder of luxury furnishing brand Christopher Guy. He leans back on his Cezanne sofa, which takes up almost 5m of his living room in a penthouse in Singapore, and crosses his feet. He is wearing cowboy boots. The view from where he sits is spectacular. Marina Bay Sands and Esplanade accentuates the panoramic view south of the city, idle ships dot the open sea. The curved sofa has been designed to mimic the meandering of the Seine.
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Holding on to the past
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014
» At 5.05am on the 15th of May, 2020, the National Treasure Bank was broken into. The burglar was found unconscious and transported to the nearest hospital.
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By the Dear Leader's side
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 16/06/2014
» Kim Jong-il owned a small white Maltese with a curly coat. He wore high heels with an inner platform. He couldn’t have been more than 1.6m tall without the shoes, even shorter than Napoleon Bonaparte. Contrary to the knowledge of the average North Korean, he did use the toilet.
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Home is where the art is
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/06/2014
» In 1958, in a letter posted in Thailand to his sister Eleanor, Jim Thompson observed, “The house should be a gem when it’s finished.”
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Imitation, fantasy, flattery
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 28/05/2014
» Somewhere in Thailand stands a replica of the Trevi Fountain. Somewhere else in Thailand, Rodin’s The Thinker sits pondering his epic poem in front of the Gates of Hell.
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