This is the second edition of Contemporary Thai Art series which was first exhibited at One East Asia Art Space in 2013. The theme for this edition seeks to provoke both the men and women in this group of artists to create new works which engage with the female form as experienced from the Southeast Asian perspective. It has been observed that these artists often use the female body to represent a marginalised/repressed state or life-giving/-affirming force.
The term No Man's Land itself is also loaded with meanings. It is first used in the military to label "an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established". Its meaning has now been expanded to describe "an indefinite or ambiguous area where guidelines and authority are not clear". Therefore the female form referenced in the chosen theme is now activated as a space for contestation and of fluidity. Provocation starts when artists, through their artworks, turn away from normalised gender roles.
The artists hold MFA in Painting from Silpakorn University in Bangkok. They are selected by Singapore curator Woho Weng.
Featured artists: Krissadank Intasorn Manit Srisuwan, Anchalee Arayapongpanit, Supparak Nopparat, Wilawan Saowang, Surapong Sudasna na Ayudhya and Widsanupong Noonan.
