
Vidya Kamat Birthmark Series
CONTEMPORARY INDIAN AND THAI ART SHOW August 16 to September 27 2008
Gallery Souflower, Bangkok’s only gallery exhibiting contemporary Indian art, in Silom Galleria is showing “The Ethics of Encounter: contemporary art from India and Thailand” until September 27 2008. The show is a juxtaposition of Thai and Indian art and showcases a variety of media and methods, from video and painting to performance.
Artists include Ranbir Kaleka, Vidya Kamat, Manjunath Kamath, Sudsiri Pui-Ock, Navin Rawanchaikul, Pinaree Sanpitak, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Chintan Upadhyay.

Vidya Kamat Birthmark Series
Navin Rawanchaikul, a Thai artist who resides in Japan and has Hindu Punjabi origins has exhibited at many biennials and is known for his taxi themed projects such as Navin Gallery Bangkok Run from 1995 to 1998 in which the artist converted a taxi into an art gallery and invited artists from Thailand and around the world to exhibit.
Vidya Kamyat, who has exhibited in a solo show in New York concerns herself with the human body and its veils proposing that there can be no pure unmediated relationship with the body.

Navin Rawanchaikul Reception Room Video
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wow, your galleries are the best that i’ve seen by far. You must really love your job. I work with clay/pottery to design pots and more, but I’m blessed with your work. Wish you the best in the future and don’t stop being creative.