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Cover art
Life, Published on 16/01/2023
» At SAC Gallery, visitors wonder whether images of book covers at the exhibition "Old Wound" are real covers or paintings. Visitors are in doubt because each image depicts a worn-out book in elaborate detail, with scuffing, stains and spotting visible on the cover.
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Exhibit calls into question the ethics of perceptions
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 16/11/2022
» Chilean artist and architect Marco Evaristti is challenging viewers in his new exhibition "Ethical Reality" in the hope of raising funds for his project in Nepal.
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Exploring different heritages
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 25/05/2022
» Thailand is a country with cultural diversity. The "Red Area And Black Spirit" art exhibition presents two cultures that reflect the differences between two woodcut artists -- Chayasit Orisoon and Warisara Apisampinwong. While Chayasit showcases Song or Tai Dam culture in his "Black Spirit" room, Warisara exhibits Chinese-Thai culture in her "Red Area". Both Chayasit and Warisara are colleagues who earned a master's in visual arts from Silpakorn University. Since their woodcut pieces involve culture, they decided to hold the exhibition together at the People's Gallery, Bangkok Art & Culture Centre.
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Break the mould
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/05/2022
» Re: "Dove seeks to end forced haircuts," (BP, May 6).
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Sharing optimism through art
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 27/04/2022
» Three Thais reveal their interpretation of 'a beautiful life' and the inspiration behind their creations.
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Inspiring youth to get creative
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 18/08/2021
» Even though Thailand has a good reputation for arts and crafts, its basketry industry has an image of unstylish designs. To encourage the young generation to become interested in arts and crafts, the Sustainable Arts and Crafts Institute of Thailand (Sacit) and JSL Global Media teamed up to launch a reality competition show titled Sacict War Craft on Amarin TV starting Aug 7. In the show, five teams of young designers compete to create weaving product designs. Vachara Vaewuthinand, who is on the board of directors and a production consultant at JSL Global Media, said creating Sacict War Craft was a challenge.
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Heroes to the rescue
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/10/2020
» Having read and seen news about inequality in Thailand as a child, Tewaporn Maikongkeaw began to slowly develop an interest in social issues.
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Ramayana weaves a trail across South and Southeast Asia
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 10/02/2020
» When Bala Venketeswara Rao Sankuratri, a researcher from Sri Lanka, proposed that about a dozen countries join together to issue a "Ramayana visa" for travellers, he found instant support in a hall packed with devotees of the Sanskrit epic and its regional variants.
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Sex, truth & politics
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/09/2017
» In Uthis Haemamool's new novel, the protagonist's erotic adventure runs parallel to Thailand's political education. A man's carnal quests and sexual outbursts become, in a way, an allegory of a larger social context as the country goes through three coups d'etat and several convulsive protests in the past 25 years. The awakening of the loin as a metaphor for political orgasm, physical penetration as an analogy for abuses of power -- <i>Rang Haeng Pratana</i> (Silhouette Of Desire) is a novel that, Uthis admits, presents him with many risks as a writer.
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The truth about Ayutthaya
Spectrum, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 16/04/2017
» Most people think of the Ayutthaya period in terms of its cultural heritage, but Warangkana Nibhatsukit's latest book highlights the economic aspect of the ancient capital.
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