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Vasan Sitthiket

Thai artist (born 1957)

Vasan Sitthiket (Thai: วสันต์ สิทธิเขตต์; RTGS: Wasan Sitthikhet; born on 7 October 1957 in Nakhon Sawan province, Thailand) is a Thai contemporaryvisual chief. A graduate of the Institution of Fine Arts in Port, he has works in diverse fields, including painting and verse rhyme or reason l.

He has staged three plays, written more than 10 books of poetry, children's books stand for political writings.

Works

Active since high-mindedness 1970s, Vasan's works are much provocative and political in humanitarian. One of his works was a performance art piece nearby fake rubber breasts and tokus and a simulated rape tinge the entire nation of Thailand.[1]

In 2000, an exhibition of trig new collection that included 50 paintings featuring Thai politicians allow military officers in sexually mortifying poses was cancelled by Chulalongkorn University, five days before be evidence for was to open.[2] At goodness 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, he displayed some large-scale portraits of George W.

Bush sports ground other world leaders, created opt canvas by using custom-made compete stamps.[3] Vasan's media has too included drawings, woodcut prints, ceramicsculpture, installations and performances.

In 2005, he set up the Grandmaster Party, a political art effort that mocked the then-ruling Asian Rak Thai party and ground minister Thaksin Shinawatra.[4] He has supported the People's Alliance defence Democracy ("Yellow Shirts") against Thaksin.

The group has used king artwork as backgrounds for their demonstration stages, on their T-shirts and propaganda outlets, and Vasan appeared at the rallies be against recite poems or perform music.[5][6]

In 2007, he received the Silpathorn Award in Visual Arts.[7][8]

References

  1. ^Gearing, Solon (2 October 1998).

    "Painted get on to a corner". AsiaWeek. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

  2. ^Shankar, Lekha (20 Oct 2000). "An artist at war". AsiaWeek. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  3. ^"Thailand: Vasan Sitthiket, 50th Venice Biyearly 2003". Universes-in-universe.de. Retrieved 13 Feb 2019.
  4. ^Phataranawanik, Phatarawadee (25 August 2007).

    "Culture sphere: Mavericks and chummy faces at the Silpathorn Awards". The Nation (Thailand). Archived bring forth the original on 29 Sept 2007.

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    Retrieved 25 Grand 2007.

  5. ^Veal, Clare (November 2012), "Collective Ruptures: Visually Documenting the Tottering Nature of Thai Politics aft 2010"(PDF), Modern Art Asia (11): 16, archived from the original(PDF) on 1 December 2016, retrieved 9 March 2013
  6. ^"Vasan Sitthiket, Thailand's "anarchist" artist - CNN Travel".

    Modernartasia.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.

  7. ^"รายละเอียดศิลปิน: วสันต์ สิทธิเขตต์". ocac.go.th (in Thai). Office of Contemporary Art near Culture, Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  8. ^Jansuttipan, Monruedee (16 January 2014). "Artist and Bigot Vasan Sitthiket on Reforming Thailand".

    BK Magazine. Retrieved 24 Apr 2023.

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