published : 27 Apr 2023 at 05:00
Hybridity, exoticism and folklore are key to understanding whimsical creatures in “Nobody Loves No One”, which is running at Noname Gallery in Chiang Mai, until May 30.
An oil pastel on canvas by Cofi. photo courtesy of Noname Gallery
This is a solo exhibition by Cofi, an entity created by gallerist Pierre Béchon who grew up as a third culture kid between France, Mexico and Brazil among other countries in the Americas. He has been based in Thailand for over a decade.
He presents a series of paintings portraying his flamboyant bestiary that — inspired as much by Aesop’s fables or Ovid’s Metamorphosis as Mexican myths and Thai ghost stories — invites viewers to…
