{"id":8704,"date":"2022-10-06T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T08:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2024-02-21T15:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:14:54","slug":"future-india-my-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathmanduphotobkk.com\/?p=8704","title":{"rendered":"India My Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathmandu Photo Galleryproudly presents<\/p>\n

\u2018India My Love\u2019<\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n

The first solo exhibition of photographs<\/p>\n

by <\/span><\/p>\n

Nakarin Teerapenun<\/p>\n

(Golf T-Bone)<\/i><\/p>\n

11 November \u2013 27 December 2022<\/p>\n

[Opening reception on Fri 11 Nov, 6.30 \u2013 9.00 pm.]<\/i><\/p>\n

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These images of strange grace are the fruit of a confrontation with India phobia in the mind of a fastidious Thai photographer obsessed with cleanliness, who upon arrival there instantly found himself in deep and effortless surrender to his irresistible love for the land that he had feared. And his Beloved is not the beauty tourists come for, however seductive the temptation.<\/p>\n

Starting in 2013 Nakarin Teerapenun aka \u2018Golf\u2019, the lead guitarist for legendary reggae band T-Bone, was inspired to take up street photography seriously. This photographic discipline requires on the spot instinctive responses along with a complete willingness to let go of all reservations and preconceptions; to go with the flow \u2013 not unlike the improvisational guitar playing of his day job. But instead of starting on the familiar streets of Bangkok, he opted to dive head first into the alien streets and crowds of India.<\/p>\n

Nakarin explains his compulsion to dive in at the deep end: \u201cThere I was in this vibrant, spiritual, wild and crazy place full of amazing and exotic photo ops begging to be shot on every corner. Yet, I had set myself the task of looking for the mundane. It was really hard because the sights and sounds were intoxicating and I had to restrain myself from just snapping away like a tourist.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

In one outstanding image Lord Shiva is submerged up to his nose; in the foreground a hand, with nail varnish the same green as the flood water, grips a metal railing, as if in this climate crisis even God is trying to save Himself from drowning. Courage and perseverance clearly paid off in this fascinating vision from the strange perspective of the musician-photographer.<\/p>\n

Curator Manit Sriwanichpoom: \u201cIndia is the muse for many photographers; the world abounds with pictures of India. It\u2019s not an easy thing to capture stand-out images of India, but Nakarin has managed to achieve this with his lyrical blend of humour, surrealism, tenderness and sincerity.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Nakarin \u2018Golf\u2019 Teerapenun (b1965 in Betong, Yala in South Thailand) graduated from the College of Fine Arts. He teaches jazz guitar at Silpakorn University of Fine Arts and is the lead guitarist for the legendary reggae band T-Bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t