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CAMOUFLAGESolo Exhibition ByJirapat Tatsanasomboon

18 September 10 October, 2010


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Published 2010 byThavibu Gallery Co., Ltd

Silom Galleria, Suite 308

919/1 Silom Road, Bangkok 10500, Thailand

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Jirapats cast o ethnocentric characters still predominantly source rom the great mythological narratives o the

Ramakien, the Thai adaptation o the 2,000 year-old Indian Hindu Epic the Ramanyana. Shrouded in a Warhol

camouage pattern, the literary classics primary antagonist, the demon king Thotsakan, provides one o the

exhibitions most visually dynamic works. Known or his arsenal o weaponry, the ten-aced monster is symbolic to

the nations recent conict, with urther implications to the destabilising inuence o Thailands armed orces upon

the countrys political landscape.

Witty in its play with pictorial depth is Jirapats interpretation o Piet Mondrians 20th century at linear abstractions.

A simple yet efective illusionary conversion rom a two-to-three dimensional composition, the wild and mischievous

monkey god Hanuman stares out caged within Mondrians disciplined order and stability, a metaphor or breaking

ree rom the repressive rigidity o Thailands social hierarchy.

Beyond the Ramakien, other reinterpretations specic to his social allegories include the class conscious Black

and White (ater Kara Walker), in which the American artists black silhouettes to racial and gender identity are

permeated by a dark-skinned gure clad in traditional Thai regalia. The artists visualisation pertains to Thailands

southern ethnic minority, the orest dwelling ngoh, who are largely marginalised and looked down upon by ethnic

Thais. Jirapat appropriates Walkers stereotyped racial caricatures as analogies to the recent street protests being

conveniently blamed upon disparages o class.

Accessible to the average viewer, Jirapats Pop-style paintings resonate with the Thai psyche, where appropriation

and reinvention are readily assimilated. Emanating rom a country that wantonly devours all things Western yet is

vehemently protective o its own traditional heritage, Jirapats art conveys some o the socio-political dilemmasembroiling his contemporary countrymen.


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The Guardian o Siam (ater K. Haring), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 100 x 130 cm


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Heal the Wound (ater V. van Gogh), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 150 cm


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Garden o Eden? (ater H. Rousseau), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 140 x 160 cm


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Break Free (ater P. Mondrian), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 120 cm


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Camouage (ater A. Warhol), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 129 x 129 cm


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PUFF! (ater A. Warhol), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 130 cm


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This is Me! (ater A. Warhol), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 150 x 150 cm


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Dening LOVE (ater R. Indiana), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 150 x 150 cm


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Wiles (ater E. Munch), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 100 x 130 cm


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Celebrating Diferences (ater H. Matisse), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 150 cm


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Black and White (ater K. Walker), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 150 cm


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Dreaming Kinaree (ater H. Rousseau), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 120 x 150 cm


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Rain or Shine (ater R. Lichtenstein), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 100 x 130 cm


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Medication or the Soul (ater D. Hirst), 2010 | Acrylic on canvas | 150 x 150 cm


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Jirapat TatsanasomboonBorn 1971 in Samut Prakarn

1996: Bachelor o Fine Arts rom Chiang Mai University

1999: Master o Fine Arts rom Silapakorn University, Bangkok

Selected Art Exhibitions

1997: - Art Thesis Exhibition at Faculty o Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai, Thailand

- ASEAN Art Awards Exhibition, Thailand

1998: - The 44th National Art Exhibition, the National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand

1999: - Art Thesis Exhibition at Silapakorn University Bangkok, Thailand

2000: - ASEAN Art Awards Exhibition Bangkok, Thailand

- The 46th National Art Exhibition, the National Gallery Bangkok, Thailand

2001: - Group Show with Scopolamine Group Bangkok, Thailand

2002: - Award winner in the 4th Panasonic Contemporary Paintings Art Competition Bangkok, Thailand

2003: - ASEAN Art Awards Exhibition Bangkok, Thailand

- Asia Art Nowat the Korean Cultural and Arts Foundation - Seoul, Korea


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2004: - Love and Struggle together with Sudjai Chaiyapan at Thavibu Gallery Bangkok, Thailand

2005: - Fundraising Exhibition and Auction or Asian Art Archive Hong Kong

2006: - Solo Show:A Transormation o Icons at Thavibu Gallery Bangkok, Thailand

- Tradition and Modernity in South East Asian Art at Galerie l Indochine New York, USA

2008: - Vision o East Asia 2008 at the Capital Library, Beijing or the Olympics - China

- Spiritual Spaces, Thavibu Gallerys 10th anniversary exhibition Bangkok, Thailand

- Art Singapore 2008 Singapore

- Solo Show: LOVE and LUSTat Thavibu Gallery - Bangkok, Thailand

2009: - The Indian Art Summit New Delhi, India

2010: - Art Monaco Monaco

- Arteclasica10 Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Solo Show: Camoufage at Thavibu Gallery - Bangkok, Thailand


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