A cartography of Bangkok and its parallel manifestations, BAB and its seventy-six artists strove not only to showcase its breadth of artistic creativity and engagement, but also to paint a complex portrait of its home city as a melting pot for the old and new, the local and the foreign. Yet fantasy is not all […]
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It has been a great honor to write, converse, and think alongside the artmakers of Southeast Asia for the last two years. This TOP TEN list, while shedding light on critical artistic practice and unconventional exhibitions, is nowhere near exhaustive. Wrapping up 2024 and preparing for 2025 with a heart filled with joy and gratitude.
Pinaree Sanpitak, Gathering Table, 2023, acrylic, drypoint, feathers, and gold leaf on canvas, 86 5/8 × 98 3/8”. “The title “Fragile Narratives” is a reflection on how precarious our world is, a contemplation on how we can keep balanced while still making the best out of this life. For me, this sense of fulfillment often
Screencap from Everyone is… Image courtesy of the artist and Artforum. “In a time when hypernyms such as “Anthropocene” and “nonhuman” are becoming desensitized in contemporary art, is it still worthwhile for artists to question our seemingly unsalvageable relationships with other species and explore potential modes of alternative communication with them? For Wantanee Siripattananuntakul, this
Taiki Sakpisit, Dark Was the Night, 2024, two-channel 4K video projection, color and black-and-white, sound, 15 minutes 30 seconds. “In this exhibition, sound functioned as an invisible compass, guiding Sakpisit’s video editing and eliciting moments of suspension and anticipation that further submerged viewers into his video pieces. Alternating between found sounds, dreamlike melodies, and other
This booklet accompanies artist Trương Công Tùng‘s exhibition The Disoriented Garden… A Breath of Dream and provides the curatorial essay written by curator Dương Mạnh Hùng, images and captions of the artworks, and information about every individual who has contributed their time, resources, and talents to bring this publication to prints. This publication can be
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View of “Korakrit Arunanondchai: nostalgia for unity,” 2024, Bangkok Kunsthalle, Bangkok. Photo: Bangkok Kunsthalle. “… The space’s ground is covered in a tar-like mixture of soil and ash, crushed from the building’s burnt pieces, rendering it a cold and fissured desert—a sensation heightened by the old gray concrete walls. A hazy mist infiltrated the belly
Photo taken by Peerapat Wimolrungkarat (Add) “If you’re born in Southeast Asia, ghosts can be more real than people you can see and touch, even if their existence is made up entirely of stories. Let’s take Dao, the ghost-child in the novel. We get to know him through fragments of stories: ones that he heard
An artist flaneuse who positions herself at the conceptual intersection of personal attunement and collective experience, Orawan Arunrak has become a keen observer of subtle shifts in energy, distilling quotidian moments into innocent yet transcendent objects and installations. Her latest solo show, “The 4 Foundations,” employed a mélange of visual and auditory means to explore the synergy between human corporeality and the abstract body of space, as well as between private situations and public gatherings––all immersed in the invisible ebb and flow of a clock’s chimes.
With a practice that spans experimental and commercial photography, Jianpinidnan is known for his lens-based method of capturing unsettling elements that imbue the photograph with mythmaking potential.