Whitespace Gallery Bangkok
Holy Kitsch by Pornwipa Suriyakarn Exhibition dates: 25 January – 28 March 2014
Holy Kitsch – We live in the age of cultural globalization. It is in this age of movement and knowledge exchange where traditions assimilate modern culture. A new cultural diversity arises in all areas as well as in art. Modern technology has already begun to influence contemporary Thai art as we know it and even its symbols of faith, the very foundations of cultures. The beauty of the sacred objects of worship which have such profound spiritual effects on an individual’s soul can now even be found in the shapes and forms of everyday common objects – the results of today’s industrial production processes; even in the children’s toy – the robot doll.
Living in today’s world made the artist witness to this process of hybridization. Pornwipa wants to create new works that reflect diverse cultural beliefs found in sacred objects of worship and every day objects we encounter. Changing cultural components in traditional art is what inspires her creativity. As artist she sees an opportunity to realize the aesthetic value of contemporary objects which we use in everyday life by combining them into altar-like installations. She composes sculptures and new forms that transcend what we know by combining these modern and ancient symbols together. In blending the natural and supernatural religion becomes a synthetic matter.
The results of the integrated components takes shape reflecting both new artistic and aesthetic value. Her works reflect the phenomenon of cultural values of a bygones era and at the same time contemporary cultural diversity.
LoveDeath by Henry and Paul
Henry and Paul
Love Death
at whitespace gallery
bangkok, Thailand
henryandpartners.com
Myanmar today past 3.VOB
Group exhibition by Burmese artists
Curated by Arnold Obermayr
Exhibition: August 11 - 17, 2011
at Whitespace Gallery Lido Siam Bangkok, Thailand
Artscenetv.net| Deathbed Confession (the brain)
This video was a part of the exhibition titled Deathbed Confession by Top Changtrakul at Whitespace Gallery, Bangkok Thailand 2011. topchangtrakul.com
DEATHBED CONFESSION
by Top Changtrakul
Opening: 31 March 2011 at 6-8 pm.
Exhibition: 1-- 24 April 2011
Deathbed Confession is about how I have to reinvent myself to find myself.
Deathbed Confession is about me thinking what will be my last words.
Deathbed Confession is about the process behind my works.
Deathbed Confession is about me doing another show because I have too much free time.
New City Collective - 39.40.41
New City Collective, a public space performance art theatre company based out of Bangkok, Thailand performs its social commentary piece at Whitespace art gallery's 1st year anniversary. The piece is entitled SHIP.
LOTUS DISCO by Maitree Siriboon (IsanBoyDream)
Lotus Disco
New Solo Exhibition by Maitree Siriboon
At Whitespace Gallery in collaboration with Thaillywood Artist Residency
Exhibition Period: November 20 – January 18, 2015
Opening reception: November 20 at 7 pm - 10 pm
Performance by Thongchai Chonthop
In a productive eight-year career Maitree Siriboon (b. 1983) has already made a significant impact upon Thai art. The 31-year-old artist’s practice is a colorful mix of elaborate glass mosaic
collages and loose photographic portraiture. Widely exhibited internationally, his identity-coded art explores differences in rural and urban existence, alienation and acceptance. Maitree’s art evolves from the decorative glass encrusting Thai temples. Rich in flora and fauna, the partly autobiographical imagery is born from childhood memories of rural upbringing, shepherding water buffalo to nearby paddy fields while his mother sold lotus flowers to fund his education. His use of shimmering reflective materials conveys a sense of distant recollection and illusion.
For the ambitious new installation at Whitespace Gallery, Maitree presents a series of three dimensional lotus (bua) shape mosaic ‘disco balls’ that were recently created during his fivemonth
residency at Thaillywood in coastal Chonburi province. While there he furthered his previous deliberations towards fellow Isan characters who aspire to the metropolitan ideal, while
injecting their own cultural nuances to the urban conflation.
Born from the Bangkok nocturne, the immersive installation evokes a nightclub atmosphere of disco globes, flashing lights, pumping tunes, and smoke filled rooms. Subverting negative
connotations of the capital’s nightlife, Maitree envisions the discotheque as a metaphor for the experiences of Isan folk who populate the entertainment industry. Encrusted in colorful
narratives, the disco-lotus installation is a surreal hedonistic temple, mesmerizing in its disorienting seduction.
Blurring dream and reality, Lotus Disco is about defining oneself in adoptive environments. It is an aspirational exploration into selective cultural absorption and tribalistic preservation in the
c!reation of sparkling hybrid personas. About Maitree Siriboon
Based in Bangkok Maitree is a recipient the The Bualuang Award in 2006 by The Bangkok Bank Foundation. His work has been shown around South East Asia as well as in Brazil, United
States, Japan, France, China, Italy, UK, and the Netherlands. Exhibitions include the Guangzhou Triennial 2011, Young Artist Project South Korea 2011, the 3rd Biennial of World Images in Paris 2011, and Art Stage Singapore 2012 and 2013 (Project Stage).
artscenetv.net | Trigger (Part 1)
Trigger @ Whitespace Gallery
january.23.09 to february.22.09
One of the most unique experiences to come out of living in Bangkok is to discover haphazard objects that are like accidents waiting to happen -- from light boxes that are purposely left in the middle of the street so that you can easily walk into them, to open manholes that wait like gaping man-traps, or tangled telephone wires that threaten to collapse on you. These are the haphazard objects that most people who are living Bangkok must treat with caution. Trigger is a way to inject a sense of humor into these objects. In this exhibition, each artist is free to pick a location of a haphazard site and inject it with their own sense of humor.
New Paints 'Kala Grafik x Bonus TMC' @ Bangkok (Limited to 'Hopewell')
ถือว่างานนี้เป็นการสร้างปรากฏการณ์อันดีทีเดียว กับการบุกแผ่นดินไทยเป็นครั้งแรกของศิลปินหนุ่มสาวสตรีทอาร์ทแอนด์กราฟฟิกดีไซน์ชาวเยอรมันอย่าง 'Gala Grafik' (Kai Glaser & Laura Drechsler) ที่ได้ทีมาเที่ยวในเมืองไทย ทางเราทีมงานเลยไม่พลาดที่จะเอาเขามาสัมภาษณ์และมาสร้างงานศิลปะด้วยกันที่เสาปูน 'Hopewell' แท่งศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ? บนถนนย่านวัดเสมียนนารี กับศิลปินไทยสไตล์อีก 3 หน่ออย่าง Noah , Bonus และ Baddog
artscenetv.net | Trigger (Part 2)
Trigger @ Whitespace Gallery
january.23.09 to february.22.09
One of the most unique experiences to come out of living in Bangkok is to discover haphazard objects that are like accidents waiting to happen -- from light boxes that are purposely left in the middle of the street so that you can easily walk into them, to open manholes that wait like gaping man-traps, or tangled telephone wires that threaten to collapse on you. These are the haphazard objects that most people who are living Bangkok must treat with caution. Trigger is a way to inject a sense of humor into these objects. In this exhibition, each artist is free to pick a location of a haphazard site and inject it with their own sense of humor.
Private preview opening reception
Private preview opening reception
Save Thai Buffalo and New Mosaic
by Maitree Siriboon
at Yenakart Villa art gallery
29 June 2016
Gallery Talks - Anthony Culanag
Gallery Talks: Anthony Culanag
April 23, 2019
Music: Hip Jazz - bensound.com
behind the First set shooting by goplay magazine
ติดตามครับ ติดตาม สำหรับสื่อมีเดียที่นำเสนอวัฒนธรรมที่ดูเท่ห์อย่างมีสาระอย่าง 'Goplay' ( เราเชื่อว่าสังคมไทยขาดและต้องการสิ่งเหล่านี้ ) และนี่คือภาพถ่าย teaser ตัวแรก ที่ทางเรา Goplay ได้ร่วมงานกับ street wear ชื่อดังอย่าง 'A.M.P' และนางแบบตาแมว 'คุณเหมียว' นางแบบที่ลงนิตยสาร FHM เล่มล่าสุด !!
artscenetv.net | Hof art 3rd Anniversary Art Exhibition
CHANGE
Hof Art 3rd Anniversary Art Exhibition
@ Hof Art Gallery
April 5-30, 2008
Elliott Hundley
For the first time in its history, in an exhibition series titled Open House that begins in spring 2019, MOCA invites Los Angeles-based artists to organize exhibitions drawn from the museum’s extensive collection of objects.
MOCA will begin this new exhibition series with Open House: Elliott Hundley. Multimedia artist Elliott Hundley will explore the architecture and origins of collage, exploring how the visual and material logic of this technique has informed artists in MOCA’s collection, as well as his own practice. In this video, we visit Hundley's studio for insight into how he works.
Open House: Elliott Hundley is organized by Elliott Hundley and Bryan Barcena, Assistant Curator and Manager of Publications, with Karlyn Olvido, Curatorial Assistant, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Artscenetv.net | More of the same (Part I)
More of the same @ whitespace Gallery
April 24 -May 16 2010
Room No.260, 2nd-4th Fl, Lido Bldg.
lock#16, Siam Square Soi 3, Rama 1 Rd.,
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand.
Tel : +66(0) 2252 2900
Let just say that you walk into the exhibition titled love and all around you, you see teddy bears, heart shape balloons and roses. To me the exhibition is not about love. The exhibition is about the symbol of love. We all know that when we love someone, one of the thing that we have to do is to sacrifice. Some people give money to their loved ones. Some gives up their lives for their loved ones, some even kill for their loved ones. It is the same scenario in this exhibition.
I would like to take you to a place inside my head. It is a nameless place, because I don't know what that place is called. I guess I could call it the unconscious, or the self or the whatever. if I decided to show you a video of me cutting myself up and eating my own fingers and swallowing them, that video would not be considered showing my true self to you. That video would simply be me cutting myself up and dying in front of you. But If I really want to show you my true self, I guess I have to surround you with my ideas and my outlook on life. By doing so, you will get the glimpse of what is genuinely going on inside my head.
Top Changtrakul
March 21 2010
Hairy, I am an animal by Pare Nadda Thanathan
We often don't realize how similar we are to other creatures.
And with all this arrogance, we find hair on our own bodies,
just like on the bodies of beasts. When I cut my hair at home,
I notice that it grows so fast. Another day, I cut my friend's grey hair...
I feel as if I am touching a bear's fur. I think about this again and again:we've never been quite naked! We are a kind of animals.
It's only through delusion that we see ourselves as extraordinary...
Pare Nadda
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Hairy, I am an animal by Pare Nadda Thanathan
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Opening Reception: April 28, 2011 at 7 pm.
Exhibition: April 28 -- May 29,2011
at Whitespace Gallery
Siam Square Soi 3, 2nd Floor Lido Theatre, Bangkok, Thailand
artscenetv.net| interviewed with Pornpraseart Yamazaki
SUICIDE MIND @ Whitespace Gallery
23 October 2009 - 6 December 2009
I will paint everything that makes me happy with my blood,if I can make them to be with me forever.
Is there any real happiness in the materialism world?
What is the real happiness that you expect in your life?
I think these questions are always asked and always strong belief that all of us need the happiness in our life.
This exhibition arises from the question of how to live with happiness in the world of declining materialism. In this situation, we are forced to rethink the question of true
happiness and the meaning of life. This exhibition will challenge the viewer to question the meaning of true happiness.I believe that true happiness is nirvana.
In order to achieve nirvana, one must kill oneself. In order to kill oneself, one must first kill one's parents then one's wife, children, and all the companions. After that ones will die and achieve nirvana.
From the book, Ban Teuk Nuek Aeng Dai, by Phra Buddhathat Pikku
Whitespace Gallery, Room #260, 2nd Floor, Lido Building, Siam Square Soi 3, Rama 1 Road,
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. tu we th fr 13:00 - 19:00 pm sa su 11.30 - 20.00 or by appointment.
+66(0) 2252 2900, whitesp-ce.com, gallery@whitesp-ce.com
YOUR OPINION?! (Sept. 11-14, 2018) - saytioco
I need your opinion....do you like the shoes or no??? Don't forget to read the rest of the info box!
PANTENE #StrongerNow event at Whitespace Manila - I got to meet more of my fellow ambassadors! Such beautiful ladies!
Misua - what I grew up eating whenever I got sick hehehe ANG DALI PA LUTUIN! Love it!
Live session with PCWorkx - you can watch it again here:
*pardon me, I was sick during this live sesh*
Lunch with my friend Graham at Din Tai Fung!
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GALLERY D - Gown Rental
TEENA ARCHES!!!!!
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artscenetv.net| More of the same Part 2
More of the same
by Top Changtrakul 21/4/2010 - 16/5/2010
@ Whitespace Gallery
Room No.260, 2nd-4th Fl, Lido Bldg. lock#16, Siam Square Soi 3, Rama 1 Rd., Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand. Tel : +66(0) 2252 2900
Let just say that you walk into the exhibition titled love and all around you, you see teddy bears, heart shape balloons and roses. To me the exhibition is not about love. The exhibition is about the symbol of love. We all know that when we love someone, one of the thing that we have to do is to sacrifice. Some people give money to their loved ones. Some gives up their lives for their loved ones, some even kill for their loved ones. It is the same scenario in this exhibition. I would like to take you to a place inside my head. It is a name less place, because I don't know what that place is called. I guess I could call it the unconscious, or the self or whatever. if I decided to show you a video of me cutting myself up and eating my own fingers and swallowing them, that video would not be considered showing my true self to you.That video would simply be me cutting myself up and dying in front of you. But If I really want to show you my true self, I guess I have to surround you with my ideas and my outlook on life. By doing so, you will get the glimpse of what is genuinely going on inside my head.
Top Changtrakul
March 21 2010
artscenetv.net | Interviewed with Maitree Siriboon (Part 1)
ISARN BOY SOI 4 - by Maitree Siriboon
December 11th - January 24th.
Isarn Boy Soi 4 is series of photographs that continues from a previous body of work developed in 2007-2008, titled 'Isarn Boy Dream'. In 'Isarn Boy Dream', I invited a number of my friends, who are foreigners living in Bangkok, to visit my home town, located in Isarn, a northeastern province of Thailand.
I am always interested in the issues surrounding cultural identity and exploring how our cultural background informs and shapes the way we think. The 'Isarn boy' is how I describe myself. It is taken from the name of the province where I grew up. People from Isarn share many cultural similarities with the Laotian, since it is located at the border of Laos.
While questions of my self-identity is based on Isarn culture, I also recognise the part of me that is fluid and open to adaptation. Coming to Bangkok is analogous to opening myself to global influences.These are represented in images of myself dying my hair blonde, symbolising the process of adaptation I undergo. In 'Isarn Boy Soi 4' I am taking my exploration of self identity to another level. Since moving to Bangkok.
I am interested in how people from two completely different cultural background can relate to each other. These are the impetus for my 'Isarn Boy Soi 4' project. I have collaborated with photographer Tim Brightmore who is able to capture my vision and idea with the camera lens. The backdrop for the photo shoot was set up in a studio. I call this the 'Red Heaven'