Visiting Artist Lecture Series—Visual Arts MFA—Columbia University
Visiting Artist Lecture Series—Visual Arts MFA—Columbia University

VALS Lecture—Korakrit Arunanondchai—Tuesday Jan 22, 6:30pm

VALS: Korakrit Arunanondchai
Tuesday, January 22nd, 6:30-8pm
Prentis 101
Bangkok-raised artist Korakrit Arunanondchai engages a myriad of subjects such as history, authenticity, self-representation, and tourism through the lens of a cultural transplant. His work seeks to find a common ground in artistic experiences through a pastiche of styles and mediums. In his wide-ranging practice, Arunanondchai puts a premium on collaboration—whether it’s photographing fellow downtown characters or combining music, video, and performance. Arunanondchai discovered art in high school, when he saw Olafur Eliasson’s Sun on a visit to London; soon after he moved to the U.S. to attend RISD and Columbia, where he studied under Rirkrit Tiravanija. Along with his blends of pop culture and music—he had a close call with rock stardom in his native Thailand—Arunanondchai cites a range of artistic references, from a remix of Hieronymous Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights and a feature film featuring Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty to a series of paintings based on an act from Thailand’s Got Talent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/arts/design/korakrit-arunanondchai-clearing-gallery-bushwick.html
https://frieze.com/article/korakrit-arunanondchai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWxS9JToXM
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3707

Poster by James Mercer, MFA ’20