{"id":5059,"date":"2015-10-10T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T10:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2024-02-18T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T07:46:18","slug":"holy-alloy-pearly-gates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=5059","title":{"rendered":"Holy Alloy &#8211; Pearly Gates \/Kamthorn Paowattanasuk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Holy Alloy &#8211; Pearly Gates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A photographic exhibition by<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kamthorn Paowattanasuk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4 October \u2013 30 November 2008<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years Kamthorn Paowattanasuk has been visiting monasteries in the Greater Bangkok Area, not exactly to study the Buddha\u2019s teachings, but to check out these temples\u2019 artistic aspirations. In the process he has discovered the contemporary monastic fashion for building unnecessarily large chapels heavily adorned with gold-painted cement idols of the Buddha, Hindu gods or Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy). The temple gates are made of \u2018alloy\u2019 (expensive aluminum alloy usually found on the ornate gates of new rich Macmansions) to reflect wealth and attract the faithful to places of worship that have become mere tourist attractions. However costly the raw material, the craftsmanship is low in quality, giving rise to a new school of temple art in Thailand, which should be classified as <em>\u2018Saksit Alloy\u2019<\/em> or Holy Alloy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Acutely observed and technically superb, \u2018Holy Alloy \u2013 Pearly Gates\u2019, a photographic series in eye-popping colours by Kamthorn Paowattanasuk, may stun you and make you laugh, causing you to exclaim: <em>\u201cThis is a monastery?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0e28\u0e31\u0e01\u0e14\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e17\u0e18\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e25\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u0e19\u0e34\u0e17\u0e23\u0e23\u0e28\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e16\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0e01\u0e33\u0e18\u0e23 \u0e40\u0e20\u0e32\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4\u00a0 \u0e15\u0e38\u0e25\u0e32\u0e04\u0e21 &#8211; 30 \u0e1e\u0e24\u0e28\u0e08\u0e34\u0e01\u0e32\u0e22\u0e19 2551<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e27\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e35\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e1c\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e21\u0e32 \u0e01\u0e33\u0e18\u0e23 \u0e40\u0e20\u0e32\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02 \u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e40\u0e27\u0e25\u0e32\u0e40\u0e02\u0e49\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e02\u0e15\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e34\u0e21\u0e13\u0e11\u0e25\u0e23\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e46\u0e01\u0e23\u0e38\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e1e\u0e2f \u0e21\u0e34\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e28\u0e36\u0e01\u0e29\u0e32\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e30 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e33\u0e23\u0e27\u0e08\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e28\u0e34\u0e25\u0e1b\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e43\u0e19\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e27\u0e32\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e23\u0e32\u0e21\u0e40\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19\u0e31\u0e49\u0e19 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\u0e0a\u0e2d\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e15\u0e39\u0e23\u0e31\u0e49\u0e27\u0e42\u0e25\u0e2b\u0e30\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e25\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e22 \u0e2a\u0e30\u0e17\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e04\u0e27\u0e32\u0e21\u0e21\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e04\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e14\u0e36\u0e07\u0e14\u0e39\u0e14\u0e28\u0e23\u0e31\u0e17\u0e18\u0e32 \u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e25\u0e32\u0e22\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e47\u0e19\u0e41\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e48\u0e07\u0e17\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27 \u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e1d\u0e35\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e01\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e15\u0e01\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e07\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e15\u0e48\u0e33 \u0e17\u0e33\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e27\u0e31\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e40\u0e01\u0e34\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e01\u0e38\u0e25\u0e28\u0e34\u0e25\u0e1b\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e31\u0e22\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e48 \u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e2a\u0e21\u0e04\u0e27\u0e23\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e0a\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32 <em>\u201c<\/em><em>\u0e28\u0e31\u0e01\u0e14\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e17\u0e18\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e25\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e22\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0e28\u0e31\u0e01\u0e14\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e34\u0e17\u0e18\u0e34\u0e4c\u0e2d\u0e31\u0e25\u0e25\u0e2d\u0e22\u201d \u0e04\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e1c\u0e25\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e20\u0e32\u0e1e\u0e16\u0e48\u0e32\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e41\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e01\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e32\u0e14\u0e15\u0e32 \u0e1d\u0e35\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e0a\u0e48\u0e32\u0e07\u0e2a\u0e31\u0e07\u0e40\u0e01\u0e15\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 \u0e01\u0e33\u0e18\u0e23 \u0e40\u0e20\u0e32\u0e27\u0e31\u0e12\u0e19\u0e32\u0e2a\u0e38\u0e02 \u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e15\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e19\u0e01\u0e23\u0e38\u0e07\u0e40\u0e17\u0e1e\u0e2f \u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e17\u0e33\u0e43\u0e2b\u0e49\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e0a\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e07\u0e38\u0e19\u0e07\u0e07 \u0e2b\u0e31\u0e27\u0e40\u0e23\u0e32\u0e30 \u0e01\u0e23\u0e30\u0e17\u0e31\u0e48\u0e07\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e2b\u0e25\u0e32\u0e14\u0e43\u0e08 \u0e08\u0e19\u0e15\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e16\u0e32\u0e21\u0e28\u0e34\u0e25\u0e1b\u0e34\u0e19\u0e27\u0e48\u0e32 <em>\u201c<\/em><em>\u0e19\u0e35\u0e48\u0e04\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e27\u0e31\u0e14\u0e2d\u0e30\u0e44\u0e23\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- default-view.php -->\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview default-view  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