At the recent ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture’s (OCAC) Art Collection in the spacious art hall on Ratchadamnoen Avenue, a group of ageing male artists covered in sanitary masks surrounded the director of OCAC, Vimolluck Chuchart, who gave a self-congratulatory speech. She proudly announced that the public will be able to view for the first time the national collection of the Ministry of Culture’s contemporary Thai art. Beside these elderlies stood a white giant fibreglass sculpture by Sutee Kunavichyanont in Thai military uniform wearing a helmet with a rifle erect. Sutee’s Equality; Thai Soldier (2016) is inspired by the cultural…
Contemporary mediocrities
By Bangkok Post
0
170
Related Posts
- Pattaya gets ready for a spooky Halloween weekend that’s sure to attract tourists
- Traversing the alps on a train
- is it just me or does nobody seem to care about noise?
- Paris Fashion Week returns to yet more mourning
- Sector braces for 80m visitors by 2027
- Unleash the Fun: Exciting Activities to Make Your Songkran Week Unforgettable!
- Influx of imports hurting the domestic industry
- Russian invasion spreads to Thailand’s paradise islands
Previous article
Next article