Sakarin Krue-On
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Sakarin Krue-On (January 7, 1965) is a contemporary Thai visual artist. His works are often site-specific installations with traditional Thai cultural influences. He won the Silpathorn Award in 2009. Krue-On is an art instructor, an advisor for postgraduate students, and the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts at Silpakorn University. Krue-On resides and works in the metropolitan area of Bangkok, although his projects and exhibitions frequently take him out of Thailand. He is a follower of Silpa Bhisari. In 2014 he is a professor at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Early life and education
Krue-On was born in Mae Hong Sorn, a northwestern Thai province. He had an international upbringing and pursued his art education in various schools in the U.S. and Canada. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Silpakorn University in 1989, under the supervision of Chalood Nimsamer.[1][2]
Career
Krue-On has created a number of solo works, in addition to collaborating with other artists and presenting exhibitions at galleries and institutions. He specializes in site-specific installations, and frequently works with local communities to produce his works. His pieces are often sculptural,[3] but he also uses video[4] and paint. His work highlights the virtues of traditional Thai culture, such as rice farming practices, temple paintings, and Buddhist imagery, while blending Western and local techniques of printmaking, drawing, sculpting, and painting.[5]
In 2009, Krue-On was the recipient of the Silpathorn Award for the category of visual arts, presented by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture. He has won Thailand’s National Art Exhibition three times. He was awarded the Hugo Boss Prize by the Guggenheim museum in New York in 2004.
Selected Projects
"Temple," 2000
“Temple” was the first solo work by Krue-On, exhibited in a café and gallery, About Art Related Activities (AARA) in Bangkok. In this work, he transformed three different rooms of the gallery area into spaces for meditation, drawing influences from traditional Thai mural painting.[6] The stencils took the forms of traditional Thai (not Buddhist) deities. The designs on the walls were created to fade over time, slowly becoming invisible. The work coincided with an economic crisis in Thailand. The artist created a similar installation, “Nang Fa (Angel)” in 2007 for the Neue Gallerie in Kassel, Germany.[7]
"Cloud Nine (Lom lom Lang lang)" 2005
“Cloud Nine (Lom lom Lang lang)” was installed in the 100 Tonson gallery in Bangkok. The Thai part of the name means “empty hope.” The project was a two-room installation; one room featured many white porcelain figurines of street dogs with feathery red angelic wings, devouring a banquet. The second room displayed video footage of real puppies in feeding from their mother.[8]
"Terraced Rice Field," 2007
“Terraced Rice Field” was created for Documenta 12 outside of the Schloss Wilhelmshöhe museum building. With the help of local volunteers, Krue-On created a functioning terraced rice field on the side of the nearby hill.[9][10]
"Venice Biennale," 2009
Krue-On was one of five artists from Bangkok who worked together to represent Thailand at the the Venice Biennale in 2003 and again in 2009. They changed a pavilion into a satirical version of a tourism office, which appeared to be trying to convince the public to visit Thailand as tourists. The office displayed fictitious news broadcasts, large brightly-colored posters, travel brochures, and interactive video displays.[11] [12]
References
- ^ Steven Pettifor (2003). Flavours: Thai Contemporary Art. Thavibu Gallery. p. 36. ISBN 978-974-91737-6-3.
- ^ Phillips, Herbert P. (1992). The Integrative Art of Modern Thailand. Seattle: University of Washington. pp. 130, 52–53. ISBN 0-936127-02-3.
- ^ China Williams (15 September 2010). Thailand. Lonely Planet. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-74220-385-0.
- ^ Art AsiaPacific Almanac. Art AsiaPacific. 2009. p. 254.
- ^ Larissa Hjorth; Natalie King; Mami Kataoka (18 February 2014). Art in the Asia-Pacific: Intimate Publics. Routledge. pp. 63–. ISBN 978-1-317-93572-8.
- ^ Tutton, Sarah (2002). "Parking Lots, Shopping Malls, and Contemporary Art in Bangkok". Art and Asia Pacific.
- ^ Salus, Carol (Summer 2008). "Recent Art of Sakarin Krue-On: An Interview". Art Journal. 67 (2): 92–103.
- ^ Pazzini-Paracciani, Loredana (July/August 2012). "Panorama at SAM: An Outward Look into Asian Art" (PDF). Passage: 16–17.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Salus, Carol (Summer 2008). "Recent Art of Sakarin Krue-On: An Interview". Art Journal. 67 (2): 92–103.
- ^ Caroline Turner; Michelle Antoinette (3 November 2014). Contemporary Asian Art and Exhibitions: Connectivities and World-making. ANU Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-1-925022-00-1.
- ^ Galligan, Gregory (June/July 2009). "Thai Pavilion: Mental Vacation". Art in America: 140–141.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Cornwell-Smith, Phillip (May/June 2009). "Cinema Paradiso: Singapore and Thailand Pavilions". ArtAsiaPacific (63). Retrieved 4/21/2014.
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