Indian Thai artist signals new direction in comic art show
0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008
BANGKOK (AFP) — Modern art is exploding across Thailand's capital Bangkok, surplanting the sober, self-contemplative style it had been known for with a riot of colour and more worldly themes.
One artist at the forefront of this change is Thai Indian artist Navin Rawanchaikul, who spends most of his time in Japan.
Navin's retrospective exhibition on Bangkok's riverside covers his 15-year career, using colourful and humorous stories to poke fun at elitism and nationalism.
"Life needs some kind of humour and fantasy and imagination," Navin told AFP.
"In Thai life, Indian life, we live with colour and humour, people always laughing, smiling. It's very important to me, we can critique something quite seriously but it should also be fun," he said.
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