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July 2 2005, Saturday,
10am-7pm/8pm (ends July 3 2005, Sunday, 10am-early afternoon)
Last Tuesday -
when we visited the preview night of Thai Fine Art’s exhibition of
contemporary fine art, currently on in Mayfair’s Shepherd’s Market - we
were immediately struck by the Aboriginal-styled works of one of the
artists, whose works are on show, here in London for only two more days.
He is Kitti Narod (b. 1976), a student, of the nineties, at Bangkok’s
Wittalayai Phochan Art College and, more recently, Thai Capital’s
Rajamonkong Institute of Technology. The gallery’s biography of the
artist looks deeper at his Aboriginal dot paintings saying, ‘The dot
technique evokes the feeling of movement inspired by the natural
settings of their subjects. The natural shapes are reduced and
transformed into free-form images reminiscent of India and Aboriginal
art. Inspired by his art, Kitti Narod adds his imagination and skill to
create these works.’ We particularly liked Narod’s “Destine.” What do
you think? Go along, and let us know. The gallery is exhibiting 26 of
his works, inexpensively priced, from two at £110, up to five at £390.
Near the gallery’s entrance, there are a number of prints for sale, and
priced from only £6! As for the other artists, whose works are on show,
we also enjoyed viewing, Wallaya Rattanapirom’s, “Seasons I,” Sompuk’s,
“Budda Pensive” and Puchong Toprasert’s, “Ship of Light.” Two of the
people, who joined us at the preview - on that stormy, wet and very
thundery night - liked Borirak Giettgamjorn’s “Khmer Bas Relief” (£350,
60 x 60), which is located on the gallery’s lower floor.
We missed seeing Lankam
the Elephant’s, “Untitled IV,” but maybe that was a good thing ;-) Curator,
Victoria Khunapramot’s letter to us, dated late last month, briefed us on the
tempera-on-paper paintings, produced by such four-legged creatures, housed on
conservation parks in Northern Thailand. She is quoted as saying, ‘Your purchase
of one of these striking pieces helps support the elephant park as well as
providing your home or place of business with an engaging conversation piece.’
So, now you know! All you have to do is go along, to discover more about
Thailand, and this beautiful country’s artworks. Maybe you too –
like one of our friends the other evening, will come away with one of those,
‘engaging conversation pieces,’ either for yourself or for a loved one!
MENU A: Free
B: 8, 9, 14, 19, 22 or 38
E: (see thai-fine-art.com website)
L: ZiZi Gallery, 23 Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London, W1
M: Thai Fine Art Ltd, 20 / 7 East Suffolk Park, Edinburgh, EH16 5PN
N: 0131 662 4323 (Edinburgh)
T: Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly & Victoria lines)
W:
http://www.thai-fine-art.com/
http://www.zizigallerylondon.com/
X:
http://www.howtoenjoy.co.uk/cities/edinburgh.htm
http://www.howtoenjoy.info/countries/thailand.htm
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