THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST. BUDDHA HYPOTHETICALLY APPEARS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD. NATEE UTARIT REVISIONS HUMAN CIVILIZATION AND WISDOM IN DÉJÀ VU: WHEN THE SUN RISES IN THE WEST EXHIBITION, ASKING A CRITICAL QUESTION THROUGH HIS TENS OF WORKS — “WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ASIA WAS THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S CIVILIZATION INSTEAD OF THE WESTERN WORLD?”
EMPTY FISH TANK, A PAIR OF PANTS LAYING ACROSS THE HANDRAIL, MYSTERIOUS LETTERS WORK ON GLASS WINDOW SPREAD OUT A VAGUE FEELING OVER THE SPACE OF THE ‘STRICTE INTIMITÉ’ EXHIBITION AT SHOPHOUSE 1527. THE EXHIBITION INVITES US TO CONTEMPLATE THE ‘INTIMACY’ WE ARE USED TO, OR PERHAPS IT IS SO ROUTINE THAT WE ALREADY FORGET THAT WE ARE USED TO.
WHAT SHOULD THE HUMAN RIGHTS’ CONDITION IN THAILAND IN THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? ‘IGNITE THE RIGHTS’ THE EXHIBITION FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL THAILAND EXPLORES HOPES FOR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF 13 ARTISTS WHOSE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE FEATURED IN THE AMNESTY’S 2022 CALENDAR, AND ECHOES THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN CALLING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
TAKE A LOOK AT MEMORIA’S POETIC LANDSCAPE, JESSICA’S JOURNEY, THE STRANGE BANG SOUND, AND ANOTHER ONGOING JOURNEY STARRING BY APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL
SPEAK WITH SUPACHAI KLAEWTANONG, THE CHIEF MEMBER OF CREATIVE NAKHON, ABOUT THE OVERALL IMPRESSION OF THE 4TH CREATIVE NAKHON FESTIVAL AT NAKHON SI THAMMARAT WHICH IS HELD IN THE THEME “RE – SET”
ART4D SPEAKS WITH ANGKRIT AJCHARIYASOPHON ABOUT THE THAI CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE IN 2021 THAT FACES WITH A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES SUCH AS THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC, ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ART MARKET DISRUPTION FROM ‘NFT’, AND ALSO REVEALS HIS FAVORITE ART EXHIBITION OF 2021
ART4D TALKS WITH KAMOLCHAT PANGTHO (JARMO), THE ARTIST WHOSE PAINTINGS INTEGRATE THAI MYTHS AND BELIEFS IN MIRACLES, SPIRITS, GHOSTS JOINED WITH THE GENRE OF SCIENCE FICTION, AND ARE EXHIBITED AT ‘THYBERPUNK,’ THE ARTIST’S LATEST SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE ONE WALL ART FOUNDATION
LET’S EXPLORE THE IDENTITY AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF ASIAN WITH THE 8TH ASIAN ART BIENNIAL AT NATIONAL TAIWAN MUSEUM OF FINE ART, TAICHUNG, TAIWAN (ROC)
TAWAN WATTUYA DOCUMENTS STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO QUESTION THE SYSTEMS BUT ARE FORGOTTEN IN THE EXHIBITION KEEP IN THE DARK, EXHIBITED AT THE ART CENTRE, SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY AND CURATED BY KRITSADA DUCHSADEEVANICH
BRIAN CURTIN, AN ART ACADEMIC AND CRITIC, ADDS THAILAND’S CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE FROM THE LATE 20TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT
