My favorite Thai artist is… Ajarn Jugornpun Posayok. His work is the best I’ve ever seen. It always gives me the chills. If you ever get a chance to see it, get up close, you’ll feel the sentiment and calmness seep through. It’s very hard to find this quality in modern art.
My favorite art gallery in Bangkok right now is… the BACC. It’s located in the heart of the city, which means it draws in both local and foreign art lovers. Also, they rotate their exhibitions almost weekly since it’s such a large space, so there’s always something new to see. It’s probably the best gallery in Thailand at the moment.
My favorite recent art exhibition is…Tangled in Blue by Pongsakul Chalao, which used denim fabric stitched in a unique way to create landscape canvas works. It ran last year at S Gallery.
One thing I love about the Thai art scene is… that currently we have a mix of traditional and contemporary artists—and they are both growing alongside each other, telling two narratives about the past and present state of Thailand. It’s good to have influences from Western art, but we need to keep the unique roots of Thai art as well.
In the future, I want to see Thai artists… get more attention from international media.
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