Book description
Documenting an alternative history and social commentary by Bangkok's graffiti and street artists, this insightful and thought-provoking book offers fresh insight into Thai subcultures. Not given a platform elsewhere, street art and graffiti gives artists the opportunity to protest the social injustices they encounter. Through their art, they speak out…
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As in other countries, graffiti producers in Thailand generally remain on the fringes of the art world, where many say they belong if they are to have authenticity and impact. But last year’s inclusion of Thai outsider artist Peerachai Patanapornchai in the Bangkok Art Biennale, which also featured mainstream art icons such as Ai Weiwei and Marina Abramović, indicates that visual street culture is finding traction in mainstream popular culture.
Peerachai is interviewed at length in “Bangkok Street Art and Graffiti,” by Rupert Mann.
In 2013, Mann had stumbled upon the remnants of The Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System,…
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