ART SCENE DIASPORA: Exit, Exile, Exodus Of Southeast Asia

Afternoon Person

Bangkok CityCity Gallery Sathon 1 Wed-Sun, 1-7pm Until June 17 Call 083-087-2725 Tae Parvit’s first solo show comprises narrations and human relations, told in full colour and mostly with unplanned compositions of figurative objects. His works are mostly spontaneous and communicate through accidentally beautiful images and characters where viewers are invited to freely feel, contemplate and interpret the meaning.

Prelude

S.A.C. Subhashok The Arts Centre Sukhumvit 39

Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm

Until July 1

Call 02-662-0299 Having spent more than three years abroad, Wittawat Tongkaew returns to Bangkok with his latest solo exhibition. In this series, he immerses himself in literary and field research including meetings and interviews with victims who have suffered from the political chaos in Thailand. Through paintings, sculptures and installation pieces, the artist looks at how Thai society is structured around myth and faith, and how they have come to shape our political discourses.

The Presence Of Time

Art Centre, Silpakorn University 10am-7pm, every day

Until June 23 Three artists interpret “the presence of time”. Sanitas Pradittasnee shows the truth of temporary existence through the decline and dissolution; Thanistha Nuntapojn reflects on reflection the transformation in life through sculptures; Jaitip Jaidee uses drawings to show growth which increases by time and experience.

Dear Darkness

The Jam Factory Charoen Nakhon Road 10am-8pm, every day Until June 24

Call 02-861-0950

This is a ceramic art exhibition by Yutdanai Sripaiboon, who wishes to explore the mystery and implication of epilepsy with his artworks. Through a character called Gud-Yim, the artist expresses fear and hope that inflicts those who suffer from the incurable disease.

Handle With Care

Tentacles Gallery Narathiwas Ratchanakharin 22 Wed-Sun, 11am-8pm

Until June 24

Call 089-117-3434

Thanaporn Sukcharoen’s and Titapa Roungruangvanich’s “Handle With Care” is a glass art exhibition where the two female artists observe the physical and the meaning of the material through a way of creation by experimenting with new materials. The translucency, fragility and the chemical transformation of glass have urged the artists to explore new interpretations.

Lights In

Tang Contemporary Art Center 3rd floor, Golden Place Plaza Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm

Until June 16 Yeoh Choo Kuan’s landscape pieces from “Lights In” drew inspiration from the newness of the artist’s immediate surroundings. Yeoh graduated from Kuala Lumpur Design Academy of Art. He has exhibited widely in shows since 2008 in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia.

The Reconstruction

Bangkok University Gallery Bangkok University, Rama IV Tue-Sat, 10am-7pm

Until June 23

Call 02-350-3626 Richard Streitmatter-Tran lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City. “The Reconstruction”, which is part of the Contemporary Art in Asia Project, assumes the view of an artist who is commissioned to reconstruct a history by reassembling the ruins and remains of humanity after the Last Great Extinction.

Official Function

Silom Road Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm Until June 23 Call 02-234-6700 This photographic exhibition by Pericles Boutos, the ambassador of Greece to Thailand, captures immaculate people in a carefullystaged world as they perform a grand charade for the good of their country. Through the lens of Boutos, we are not complicit in voyeurism but participants. There is no judgement amid the chatter and the tinkling of glasses, only exquisitely observed moments of odd beauty and human truth in the theatre of diplomacy.

Towards The Figureless

1Projects Charoen Krung 28 Sat and Sun, 1-7pm Until June 17 Call 081-699-5298

Dusadee Huntrakul, Nuttapon Sawasdee and Latthapon Korkiatarkul share the same interests in ways of representation and interpretation behind abstract paintings. Here they present a group exhibition in which each explores their vision of “the figureless”.

Tim Street-Porter’s Exhibition

House of Lucie Tue-Sat, 10am-6pm Until June 16 Call 095-478-9987

British born Tim Street-Porter is an internationally recognised photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. He’s unique among photographers in that he is not only applauded for his architect’s eye but also for his interest in writing about design.

Abandonia

Jam Cafe Charoen Rat 1 Every day until midnight Until June 8

Call 089-889-8059 American urban photographer Dax Ward documents forgotten cultural institutions and venues across Thailand, including stand-alone cinemas, a nightclub, an art gallery and a shopping mall. This selection is from his ongoing Abandonia project of abandoned spaces and curiosities from around the world.

Eden Part II: An Exhibition Of Bronze Sculptures & Photographs

Galeri Oasis Sukhumvit 43 Tue-Sun, 11am-7pm Until June 7

Call 02-258-7376

Piyatat Hemmatat’s sculptures manifest the image of a garden of the mind as he seeks escape from a sensory prison. MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai Every day except Tue 10am-6pm

Until Oct 1

Call 052-081-737

This group exhibition of contemporary art from Southeast Asia considers the recent and ongoing movement of people within and away from the region since the outbreak of the Vietnam War, and its related aspects of migration, displacement and return.