ANCIENT ARTEFACTS

Drawings and a ceramic piece by Dusadee Huntrakul. 100 Tonson Gallery is holding “There Are More Monsoon Songs Elsewhere”, an exhibition of new works by artist Dusadee Huntrakul from tomorrow until Sept 23.

On display will be a series of hyperreal drawings of prehistoric Ban Chiang bracelets and bangles that date back many years. The original artefacts, found in northern Thailand by an American student during research for a senior thesis in 1966, are now in the collection of LACMA (the Los Angeles County Museum of Art).

Showcased alongside will be a series of photographs the artist accidentally found in the drawer of an old cabinet in a thrift store on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The images depict women leisurely laid on the beach in their bikinis.

While the identity of these women remain unclear, together with the prehistoric bracelets they evoke the sense of its wearer and perhaps mirror parallel egalitarian lives with leisure-laced capitalism both ancient and recent, where they can all be envisioned as skilled hunter-gatherers and taxpayers.

The artist will also present his new ceramic pieces with a sculpture installation designed by Naroot Pitisongswat of Flo Furniture. As a cross-over between designed object and sculpture, Niroot offers visions of living and theatric lives both inside and outside.

The opening reception is tomorrow at 7pm. 100 Tonson Gallery is on Phloenchit Road (Soi Tonson) and is Thursdays until Sundays, 11am-7pm.