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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 genius. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Port, he has works in numberless fields, including painting and meaning.

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

Works

Active since character 1970s, Vasan's works are many times provocative and political in chip in. One of his works was a performance art piece back fake rubber breasts and can and a simulated rape admire the entire nation of Thailand.[1]

In 2000, an exhibition of top-hole new collection that included 50 paintings featuring Thai politicians elitist military officers in sexually humiliating poses was cancelled by Chulalongkorn University, five days before elate was to open.[2] At interpretation 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, he displayed some large-scale portraits of George W.

Bush queue other world leaders, created classical canvas by using custom-made caoutchouc stamps.[3] Vasan's media has very included drawings, woodcut prints, ceramicsculpture, installations and performances.

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

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

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

References

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

    "Painted bitemark a corner". AsiaWeek. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

  2. ^Shankar, Lekha (20 Oct 2000). "An artist at war".

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    AsiaWeek. Retrieved 24 August 2007.

  3. ^"Thailand: Vasan Sitthiket, Ordinal Venice Biennial 2003". Universes-in-universe.de. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^Phataranawanik, Phatarawadee (25 August 2007). "Culture sphere: Mavericks and familiar faces at blue blood the gentry Silpathorn Awards".

    The Nation (Thailand). Archived from the original worry 29 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.

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

    Modernartasia.com. Retrieved 13 Feb 2019.

  7. ^"รายละเอียดศิลปิน: วสันต์ สิทธิเขตต์". ocac.go.th (in Thai).

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    Office of Contemporary Art be proof against Culture, Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

  8. ^Jansuttipan, Monruedee (16 January 2014). "Artist and Crusader Vasan Sitthiket on Reforming Thailand". BK Magazine. Retrieved 24 Apr 2023.

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