artscenetv.net | NANOTHAILAND
Montri Toemsombat
07 Sep 2009
100 Tonson Gallery, the contemporary art gallery in Bangkok, proudly presents an art exhibition NANOTHAILAND, the latest photography installation of the new generation distinguished artist,
MONTRI NANOTHAILAND is a series of photographs that addresses the artist's interest in cultural hybridism. The artist has photographed so-called minorities going about their daily lives in Thailand. Montri's subjects include immigrants, refugees and exiles. However, rather than reinforcing the idea of a minority - the idea that some people are essentially different from a general populace Montri asks us to consider the fact that all societies and cultures are fundamentally a melting pot of differences. The exhibition deals with his background as a native Laotian speaker with a Thai identity through to the influence of his travels, his horror at the recent actions of the Myanmar junta and Thailand's current debates about censorship and 'Thai-ness'. NANOTHAILAND promises to be one of Montri's most powerful exhibitions to date.
