“IN (THE) BOX”, a solo photography exhibition by Sitthiporn Banjongpetch Curated by Watjanasin Charuwattanakitti Exhibit: 1 AUG 2020 – 30 AUG 2020 Location: Green Lantern Gallery ACTIVITY07 AUG 2020      OPEN RECEPTION at 7 PM. Art Statement: In (the) box [ Read more ]

“CHINA 555”, a solo photography exhibition by Lao Xie Xie. Curated by Watjanasin Charuwattanakitti Exhibit: 3 APR 2020 – 26 JUL 2020 Location: Green Lantern Gallery ACTIVITY3 APR 2020      OPEN RECEPTION at 7 PM. “I’m not a photographer, and [ Read more ]

“EXAGGERATE”, a solo photography exhibition by Pongtawat Paeungchaitananont. Curated by Watjanasin Charuwattanakitti Exhibit: 22 FEB 2020 – 29 MAR 2020 Location: Green Lantern Gallery ACTIVITY22 FEB 2020      OPEN RECEPTION at 7 PM.   ภัทร ศิลปินภาพถ่ายผู้หลงใหลเป็นพิเศษกับ รอยสัก และ บอดี้เพ้นท์บนร่างกาย [ Read more ]

THAI CIVILIZED: SOLO EXHIBITION BY KOMETH In the past, toplessness is common for Thai people. It can be found in photographs from the reign of King Rama 4 – 5 or mural painting in the remaining temples. All of these [ Read more ]

Sampheng StreetFrom the beginning, the centre of the Chinese community was Sampheng Lane,near the heart of today’s Chinatown.  At the turn on of the century, the area was infamous for its vices – gambling, prostitution and opium – and a [ Read more ]

Dildos, phallic amulets, vintage adult magazines and explicit life-sized sculptures of people having sex. These are among the 500+ pieces of erotic art and historical artifacts that are on display at two sex-centric museums located just blocks apart from each [ Read more ]

Most passersby walking under the bustling Thonglor BTS station and past the mufflerless tuk tuks speeding by will probably miss this place. Hidden behind a row of newspaper stands and food carts sits what appears to be an unassuming Bangkok [ Read more ]

Las paredes de los templos del antiguo reino de Siam mostraban la vida cotidiana de sus habitantes con numerosas referencias sexuales, un erotismo hoy olvidado en la moderna Tailandia y confinado a un pequeño museo privado de Bangkok. Pinturas centenarias [ Read more ]

PHALLIC AMULETS IN THAILAND from protection and good business to an exuberant folk art Thai Palad khik (Phallic Amulet).  According to a Siam Society lecture on 26 April 2011, Professor Douglas Sanders, a retired Canadian law professor living in Bangkok, [ Read more ]

PALAT KHIK IN THAILAND Palat Khik (Phallic Amulets) are originated in India and related to the Hindu god Shiva, who is usually represented by Shiva linga (Lingam). They were brought to Thailand about hundreds of years ago by the Hindu [ Read more ]

The Erotic Art in Mural Painting at Wat Pho Chai Na Phueng (Loei, Thailand) Wat Pho Chai Na Phueng is built around 16-17 century.  In the late of Ayutthaya period.  In the Temple, there is a old building which have [ Read more ]

 Mural Painting in Thai Temples Temple murals were originally a way of bringing the teachings of the Buddha to illiterate lay folk. Traditionally, the west (associated with death) wall of a viharn will feature scenes of beings in other realms as [ Read more ]

Watjanasin Charuwattanakitti (b. 1979, lives and works in Bangkok, Thailand).  A self-studied Curator, Watjanasin is currently manage 2 galleries and a museum in Thailand. Educated 1997 – 2000 Bachelor of Business Administrative at Assumption University, Bangkok 2004 – 2006 Master [ Read more ]

HANUMAN and Mermaid SUVANNAMACCHA Hanuman (หนุมาน) learns that Sita (นางสีดา) is being held captive on the island of Sri Lanka. He informs Rama (พระราม), her husband, who orders him to build a causeway to Sri Lanka from India so Rama’s [ Read more ]