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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Recognising the gengzi year

Above and below Zodiac (2019), a series of 12 Lego portraits of zodiac animal heads. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)

Besides an epochal large-scale boat at the Bangkok Art Biennale, people can also take extra delight in admiring Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei’s works, which are on display at Tang Contemporary Art until Dec 10.

Titled “Year Of The Rat”, this is his first solo exhibition in Thailand and it showcases recognisable Lego portraits, elegant jewellery and astonishing marble sculptures from his previous and latest collections to mark the first zodiac animal in the Chinese lunar calendar and the gengzi year in the sexagenary cycle.

According to a Chinese belief, the year of gengzi always brings misfortune to the Red Dragon. This year, that belief proved to be true as the…

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