Thailand
Installation art has become a popular art movement in Thailand in that it gives Thai artists more options than high
art forms of painting and sculpture. It permits them to express social, political, ecological and cultural concerns, and
self-statement. Thailand has easily grasped modernity and incorporated it into their art, but they have still managed
to develop installation works centered around their cultural concepts, including Buddhism, traditional ceremonies
and festivals despite criticisms that indigenous artworks are not appropriate in a modern society. Recently,
however, many Thai artists have shown concern toward incorporating 'art as part of the life' by displaying their
works in public spaces, and some have even allowed the community to participate in their works. The
contemporary Thai art scene has flourished and it will keep on escalating through their continuing international art
exchanges.
1. The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. "Thailand: This Time Around," Queensland Art Gallery, 1996, pg 51
2. Julie Ervington, "Five Elements," pp.11-12
3. Fukuoka Triennale 1999, "Contemporary Art Scene in Thailand,"
Somporn
Rodboon, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, pp 186-190.
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