Session : Contemporary Thai Art
Session Reading List:
Vichoke Mukdamanee, “Thai Contemporary Art: Mixed Media and Installation,” in Thai Contemporary Art 2000, Bangkok, Art Center, Silapakorn University, 2000 (pp76-83)
Apinan Poshyananda, “Contemporary Thai Art: Nationalism and Sexuality à la Thai,” in Traditions & Tension: Contemporary Art in Asia, New York, Asia Society, 1996, (pp102-110)
Pandit Chanrochanakit is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. He is a certificate recipient of the East-West Center’s International Cultural Studies Certificate Program. Chanrochanakit has collaborated with Rawanchaikul in various projects, i.e. Navin and His Gang (Visit) Vancouver (1997), Mai Pen Rai Tokyo (1998), Taximan (1999). Chanrochanakit is a contributor to art catalogues for Rirkrit Tiravanija and Navin Rawanchaikul. His dissertation focuses on contemporary Thai Art and national imaginary. He is also commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, the Royal Thai Government, to research on issues concerning the future of Thai Museum Governance.
