Art Centre Silpakorn University's video: Artist talk : Mongkut Art Exhibition By Arin Rungjang with Kamol Phaosavasdi

Exhibition is on view between 12 January to 24 February 2018. (Mon to Fri 9 am to 7 pm and Sat 9 am to 4 pm, closed on Sun and public holidays.) "Mongkut" puts one of Thailand’s cherished symbolic forms at the axis of his inquiry. Rungjang’s research recalls Franco-Thai relations during the parallel reigns of King Rama IV (1851–68) and Napoleon III (1852–70), a period marked by the expansion of the European colonial enterprise in much of the geographic region known today as Southeast Asia. On June 27, 1861 the second replica was offered to Napoleon III by the Siamese ambassador at the Château de Fontainebleau. In the video installation and sculpture Mongkut, Rungjang uses the present as a context for reopening a little-known history concerning Siam’s relative sovereignty. The exhibition was held at The Jeu de Paume, the Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz and The CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporarain de Bordeaux, France in 2015 and Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Japan, in 2017. Photo(s) by Takeru Koroda, courtesy of Kyoto City University of Arts and Arin Rungjang --------------------------- Arin Runjang Born 1975 in Bangkok where he lives and works today. Arin Rungjang is one of Thailand’s leading contemporary artists. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Silpakorn University in 2002, including one year in the atelier of Christian Boltanski at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, in 2000. His recent exhibitions and projects include “Streamlines,” Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany (2015), “Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition,” Singapore Art Museum, Singapore (2015), “FIELDS: An Itinerant Inquiry Across the Kingdom of Cambodia,” SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Pen, Cambodia, and ST PAUL ST Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (2014), “Golden Teardrop,” Thai Pavilion, the 55th Venice Biennale, Italy (2013), “All Our Relations,” 18th Biennale of Sydney, Australia (2012), “246247596248914102516... And then there were none,” documenta 14, Kassel Germany (2017) and “And then there were none (Tomorrow we will become Thailand.),” Greece (2017). อริญชย์ รุ่งแจ้ง เกิดปี 2518 ใช้ชีวิตและทำงานที่กรุงเทพมหานคร เป็นที่รู้จักในฐานะศิลปินร่วมสมัยแนวหน้าของประเทศไทย อริญชย์จบการศึกษาศิลปบัณฑิตจากมหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากรในปี 2545 และยังได้ร่วมทำงานในสตูดิโอของ Christian Boltanski ณ Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris ในปี 2543 เป็นเวลา1ปี การแสดงนิทรรศการล่าสุดของเขา ได้แก่ “Streamlines” Deichtorhallen Hamburg ประเทศเยอรมนี (2558) , “Signature Art Prize Finalists Exhibition,” Singapore Art Museum, ประเทศสิงคโปร์ (2558), “FIELDS: An Itinerant Inquiry Across the Kingdom of Cambodia ” SA SA BASSAC ประเทศกัมพูชา และ ST PAUL ST Gallery ประเทศนิวซีแลนด์ (2557), “Golden Teardrop,” Thai Pavilion, the 55th Venice Biennale, ประเทศอิตาลี (2556), “All Our Relations,” 18th Biennale of Sydney, ประเทศออสเตรเลีย (2555), “246247596248914102516... And then there were none” documenta 14 ประเทศเยอรมนี (2560) and “And then there were none (Tomorrow we will become Thailand.)” ประเทศกรีซ (2560)