{"id":4905,"date":"2015-10-10T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T07:48:41","slug":"our-lady-of-the-low-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=4905","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of the Low Countries \/Michael Shaowanasai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our Lady of the Low Countries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Photographic and VDO Art Exhibition By<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Shaowanasai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9 February \u2013 30 March 2008<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant and bizarre performance artist Michael Shaowanasai, better known in Thailand as super heroine Iron Pussy, reinterprets the symbols of feminine divinity to transform himself into a revered public monument. Inspired by a penetrating dialogue with a handsome Dutch theologian, he bestows his new divine persona with the title \u2018Our Lady of the Low Countries.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThailand, especially Bangkok, is a lowland country too,\u201d<\/em> he says. <em>\u201cWhen we look up to our celebrated icons, we only see 180 degrees, or just one side, of them. This is why Our Lady is photographed on a pedestal in the middle of a busy traffic circle. People drive around Her and get a 360 degree view.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether you find Michael\u2019s work delicious or offensive, Our Lady\u2019s high-wattage glamour and sanctity is sure to electrify.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e30\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e48\u0e07\u0e41\u0e14\u0e19\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e49\u0e19\u0e25\u0e38\u0e48\u0e21\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e23\u0e23\u0e28\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e16\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e27\u0e34\u0e14\u0e35\u0e42\u0e2d\u0e28\u0e34\u0e25\u0e1b\u0e4c\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0e44\u0e21\u0e40\u0e04\u0e34\u0e25 \u0e40\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e27\u0e19\u0e32\u0e28\u0e31\u0e22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9 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