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FEAR\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

by <\/i>Manit Sriwanichpoom<\/i><\/p>\n

Size 21 x 30 x 1.5 cm, 158 pages, soft cover (printed in 2016)<\/p>\n

Price 950.-<\/p>\n

[Text in Thai & English]<\/i><\/p>\n

All three pillars of Thailand as depicted on the national flag: \u2018Nation \u2013 Religion \u2013 Monarchy\u2019, have been passing through the \u2018Tunnel of Transition\u2019 in an unprecedented manner.<\/p>\n

This tunnel has further dimmed and lengthened after the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) staged a coup d\u2019etat against elected businessmen-cum-politicians on 22 May 2014.<\/p>\n

No wonder ordinary citizens \u2013 economy class passengers on the \u2018Thai High-Speed Train\u2019– are falling prey to a panic attack. The ruled live in fear that this nightmarish train will forever circle the dark maze of power, greed and violence with no exit insight.<\/p>\n

Fearful yet fearlessly uncompromising, and deeply moving, \u2018Fear\u2019<\/i> comprises 10 photographic series and 2 video stills that Manit Sriwanichpoom has been producing through the upheavals, from Thailand\u2019s last election in 2011 until the recent solar eclipse of March 9, 2016.<\/p>\n

Born in Bangkok, Manit Sriwanichpoom<\/i> is one of Thailand\u2019s leading photo artist, and the best known in the international art world, having exhibited worldwide including in the Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2010), The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial (Australia, 2009), Photoquai (Paris, 2007), Gwangju Biennale (Korea, 2006), the Venice Biennale (2003) and Photo Espana (2001). His solo shows include \u2018Phenomena & Prophecies\u2019 at the Singapore Art Museum (2010); \u2018Lambs of God\u2019 at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (Melbourne, Australia, 2008) and \u2018Bangkok in Pink\u2019 at the Yokohama Museum of Art (2002). His works are collected by the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (Paris), the DG Bank (Germany), the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), the Queensland Art Gallery (Australia), the National Gallery of Australia, Koc Foundation (Turkey), the Singapore Art Museum, the National Gallery Singapore and well known private collectors. In 2002 he was picked as one of the world\u2019s 100 most interesting emerging photographers by Phaidon Press in their book BLINK and again 2014 with the same publisher\u2019s Photography Today. In 2007 he was awarded the Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Prize from Japan and 2014 the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by French Ministry of Culture & Communication.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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