{"id":7642,"date":"2017-09-18T22:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2024-02-18T13:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T06:24:22","slug":"future-in-search-of-self-dow-wasiksiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=7642","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Self \/ Dow Wasiksiri"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Search of Self<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An exhibition of the early work of<\/p>\n

Dow Wasiksiri<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4 November \u2013 28 December 2017<\/em><\/p>\n

(Opening party on Sat 4 Nov at 6.30 \u2013 9.00 pm)<\/em><\/p>\n

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According to Carl Jung, the rocks in Dow Wasiksiri\u2019s dream symbolise the ego. A keen student of psychology, inspired by a dream, Dow brought the rocks to life in the series \u2018In Search of Self\u2019 (1982), in which red rocks emerge from a lavatory and a swimming pool, resulting in indelibly surreal images. The rocks are very much alive with intent as they go about their adventures, in their preoccupations known only to themselves.<\/p>\n

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\u2018In Search of Self<\/em>\u2019 revisits the early Surrealist work of celebrated Thai contemporary photo-artist Dow Wasiksiri, and includes the silently eerie \u2018Mysterious Shell<\/em>\u2019 (1993) alongside the red rocks.<\/p>\n

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Curator Manit Sriwanichpoom<\/strong>: \u201cDow\u2019s ability to create a surreal world rivals his muse, Salvador Dali. In the pre-Photoshop days, his technical expertise was far in advance of his photographic contemporaries. He makes us wonder whether we are looking at a painting or a photograph.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dow Wasiksiri<\/strong> (b.1956) graduated with an Associate in Arts degree in Cinema and Photography from Los Angeles City College in 1978. Then he took a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio and Television Broadcasting at California State University, Los Angeles, in 1981, returning to Thailand two years later to become a successful fashion and advertising photographer. Since 2000, Dow has increasingly devoted his time to creating contemporary photography. His work is shown at international photography festivals worldwide. He was recently elected president of the Royal Photographic Society of Thailand.<\/p>\n

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