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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Cover art

Prateep Suthathongthai.

At SAC Gallery, visitors wonder whether images of book covers at the exhibition “Old Wound” are real covers or paintings. Visitors are in doubt because each image depicts a worn-out book in elaborate detail, with scuffing, stains and spotting visible on the cover.

“Old Wound” was created by Prateep Suthathongthai — artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Mahasarakham University — who creates masterfully realistic paintings. The exhibition comprises 20 paintings of covers for printed publications such as books, newspapers, magazines and novels. Many of them are hard to find including the government publication 204 Forbidden Books Listed By The Ministry Of Internal Affairs from the…

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