Traces of Siamese Smile: Art + Faith + Politics + Love (รอยยิ้มสยาม: ศิลปะ + ศรัทธา + การเมือง + ความรัก) is the opening exhibition of a brand new downtown art museum, the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. Featuring more than 100 artists, it’s an impressive survey of contemporary Thai art — with an equally substantial catalogue — and it also includes works by selected international artists.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is represented by his new video Luminous People (คนเรืองแสง), in which an abbot blesses boat passengers while they sleep and a young man sings about the death of his father. The exhibition was originally scheduled to open on 20th September, but was postponed twice. It opened yesterday, and will run until 26th November (not 23rd November as originally scheduled).
Apichatpong Weerasethakul is represented by his new video Luminous People (คนเรืองแสง), in which an abbot blesses boat passengers while they sleep and a young man sings about the death of his father. The exhibition was originally scheduled to open on 20th September, but was postponed twice. It opened yesterday, and will run until 26th November (not 23rd November as originally scheduled).
