Para/Site Art Space is honored to present SHARP/ CLEAR/ DEEP curated by Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija. The exhibition shows cases a group of contemporary artists from Thailand, and is part of an exchange program between Gallery VER in Bangkok and Para/Site Art Space in Hong Kong.
In the current crisis of identity, Thai society is going through the double-edged confrontation between the established institution of bureaucratic urbanism and the grassroots ruralism of peripheral under class. Democracy becomes the victim of political tug of war, whereby every side of the conflict hides behind a pretense of the search for freedom of expression and self-relevance with the society.
Sharp as a knife's edge is the communal sense in which a shared interest becomes a focal point where obsession of a tool brings people for exchange and trade.
Clear is the voice of the people's demand that they can be heard and acknowledge, that change is knocking its boots against the wall.
Deep are the grooves of history etched into the memory of the minds of the minds of the people, where the future is dawn and the past cannot be erased.
Participating artists:
Charit Supaset
Disorn Duangdao
Worathep Akkabootara
Montien Boonma
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Nico Dockx