THE RATCHAPRASONG ART MAZE
URBAN BY NATURE
OCT 13 – NOV 13, 2016
Nature will spill from the minds of top Thai contemporary artists and into six innovative, site-specific installations to be discovered for an entire month along a skywalk in the heart of Bangkok. From Oct 13th – Nov 13th, art will leap out of the gallery and into the public sphere for the enjoyment of all at the Ratchaprasong skywalk.
Six contemporary Thai artists, Sakarin Krue-On, Montri Toemsombat, Haritorn Akarapat, Ruangsak Anuwatwimon, Noraset Vaisayakul and Sophie Kao Arya will transform the skywalk between the BTS Chitlom station and Central World with their interpretations of nature in an urban space for this celebration of Thai creativity.
Nature’s heart beats at the core of this in-situ exhibition which tasked the artists to work with local craftsmen and materials while juggling notions of what nature means to us, now. The results are nothing less than barometers of ecological attunement.
Whether conceptual, thought provoking, critical or poetic, the works are infused with the six artists’ very personal approaches to the theme. The event also serves as a great introduction to some of the most prominent contemporary Thai artists and their contributions toward shifting how we relate to nature.
The Art Maze 2016, Urban by Nature is conceived and curated by Myrtille Tibayrenc, director of the Toot Yung Gallery and co-director of the Bukruk Urban Arts Festival.
