Contemporary Thai Artist
Montien Boonma
The Pagoda & Cosmos Drawn with Earth

Exhibition

Flyer of MONTIEN BOONMA exhibition

Montien Boonma was born in Bangkok in 1953 and died in 2000. Rising to international acclaim in the 1990s, he was one of the most prominent artists of his time in Thailand. Working with burlap bags, water buffalo horns, birdcages and other items, and coating his artworks in earthy tints that gave them weightiness, he had a strong interest at this time in using materials and objects that could be obtained from his surrounding environment. This solo exhibition—his first in Japan—comprised 11 artworks that recalled both the rich Buddhist tradition and the remarkable economic growth shaping Thai society at the time.

Data
Dates & Venue
(Tokyo)		 October 16–November 3, 1991
The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center Gallery
(Fukuoka) January 3–26, 1992
Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM
Curators Tani Arata (Art Critic)
Artists Montien Boonma
Organizers Tokyo The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center
Fukuoka Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM; Nishinippon Shimbun; The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center

Catalogue

Cover of MONTIEN BOONMA exhibition catalogue
PDF format followed by Table of Contents

Contemporary Thai Artist—Montien Boonma: The Pagoda & Cosmos Drawn with Earth
Edited by Furuichi Yasuko

  • Publisher:
    Tokyo: The Japan Foundation ASEAN Culture Center
  • Year:
    1991
  • Total Number of Pages:
    32
  • Size:
    30 cm
  • Language:
    Japanese (jpn); English (eng)
  • NCID:
    BN14489775

[Contents]

p. 8 Montien and the Contemporary Thai Scene
Tani Arata
p. 11 Artist's Message
Montien Boonma
p. 12 Plates
p. 25 Biography
p. 29 Traditional Values in Contemporary Thai Art
Anuvit Charernsupkul (Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University)

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Contemporary Thai Artist—Montien Boonma: The Pagoda & Cosmos Drawn with Earth

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