Event Calendar ‘I AM YOU’ Exhibition by Vasan Sitthiket Organised by Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

Event Calendar
‘I AM YOU’ Exhibition by Vasan Sitthiket
Organised by Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

23 March – 27 May 2018
Main Gallery, 8th Floor

Guest Curator: Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda
Co-curator: Adulaya Hoontrakul

Vasan Sitthiket is a prominent Thai artist whose works have been internationally recognized. He is one of the first Thai contemporary artists whose interdisciplinary works reflect and criticise social and political movements. Vasan has stayed driven with his activist life as well as creating art, making him one of Thailand most socially engaged artist active today with a firm place in the country’s art history.

‘I AM YOU’ presents his works since 1975 until present. This retrospective exhibition covers the artist’s extensive portfolios from paintings, sculptures, music, poetry, shadow puppet, performance, Facebook statuses, etc. This is the first major exhibition devoted to the full scope of the career of Vasan Sitthiket showing his creativity development from the beginning until today. As part of the exhibition, there will be a curator tour, an artist talk, a critic talk and workshops for kids.

The opening ceremony of “I AM YOU” by Vasan Sitthiket will be on Thursday 22 March 2018 at 18.30 hrs., Main Gallery, 8th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre. The exhibition will run from 23 March to 27 May 2018.

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Opening Schedule
I AM YOU : Vasan Sitthiket
A contemporary art exhibition organized by Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC)
Thursday 22nd March 2018, at 18:30
At Main gallery, 8th floor, BACC

Opening Reception
16.00 Press Tour by Ms Adulaya Hoontrakul, Co-curator, and Mr Vasan Sitthiket, the artist
18.00 Registration (Live music from the artist and friends)
18.30 Welcoming guests
- Assist. Prof. Pawit Mahasarinand, Director, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, gives a welcome speech
- Ms. Pichaya Aime Suphavanij, Head of Exhibitions Department, gives a speech
- Prof. Dr. Apinan Poshyananda, Guest Curator and Ms Adulaya Hoontrakul, Co-Curator, give a speech
- Mr. Vasan Sitthiket, the Artist, gives a speech
- Mr. Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman, declares the official opening
- MC invites the speakers to take group photo / F&B treatment for guest
- Performance by the artist (Shadow Play)
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