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Who's afraid of red, yellow and green
by 100 Tonson Gallery
Location: 100 Tonson Gallery
Artist(s): Rirkrit TIRAVANIJA
Date: 5 Aug - 29 Aug 2010

The world renowned Thai artist will make his debut with an exhibition (who's afraid of red, yellow and green) which will be on for one month. Rirkrit Tiravanija has transformed the constant movement and cultural interaction of his own life into an engaged conceptual art practice. Born in Buenos Aires in 1961 of Thai origin, he was raised in Thailand, Ethiopia and Canada and educated in Chicago and New York.   The artist now lives between Berlin, New York, and Thailand.  His work has been exhibited around the world in major museums, galleries and international art events including being co-curator of ‘Utopia Station’ at the Venice Biennale in 2003.  Tiravanija's work had been in solo exhibitions such as solo Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kessel, Germany (2009), MOCA Miami, Florida( 2008), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2005),Serpentine Gallery, London (2005), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997). And notable group exhibitions such as, the Sharjah Biennial 8, United Arab Emirates (2007), Whitney Biennial 2006, Day for Night, New York (2005) and 50th  Venice Biennale (2003), just to name a few.  Awarded the Hugo Boss Prize by the Guggenheim Museum "in recognition of his profound contribution to contemporary art" in 2004, and in 2008 Tiravanija was an artistic director of the rock opera "The Ramakien: a Rak Opera", a contemporary performance at the Lincoln Centre Festival, New York, USA,  and recently a curator for part of the current exhibition, “Imagine Peace” at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Center.

 

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