Nestled within the lush mountains of Pong Ta Lengthy, simply three hours away from the bustle of Bangkok, you will discover the newly-opened Khao Yai Artwork Forest – a 210-acre arts sanctuary the place creativity and ecology collide. The challenge, powered by Khao Yai Artwork, goals to rework Thailand’s artwork scene by offering expansive and fertile grounds for creative imaginative and prescient by means of large-scale commissions, site-specific installations and exhibitions.
After dwelling in Hong Kong for 21 years, arts patron and Khao Yai Artwork founder Marisa Chearavanont moved again to Thailand in 2019 with the hopes of strengthening the nation’s arts patronage and institutional infrastructure. She got here throughout the distinctive web site shortly after; drawn to its wealthy historical past and character, she envisioned an artwork forest as a type of “reforestation challenge.”
“After we go to Hong Kong for the auctions, for instance, we hardly see Thai artists, and I really feel that the Thai artists who’re there are undervalued,” she informed ARTnews. “I wish to use my assets to provide Thai folks entry to worldwide artwork and to assist our native artists obtain publicity outdoors Thailand.”
The preliminary suite of installations highlight a spread of voices from Thai and worldwide artists. Echoing the establishment’s commitments to nature, mindfulness and well-being, permanents works embrace Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog Forest; GOD, a towering stone sculpture by Francesco Enviornment; an earth-based work, titled Pilgrimage to Eternity, by Ubatsat; and a Martin Kippenberger-dedicated Okay-BAR by Elmgreen & Dragset, the artist duo behind Prada Malfa. Moreover, scattered all through forest, are works by Louise Bourgeois, Richard Lengthy, Richard Nonas and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook.
Try Khao Yai Artwork Forest’s web site for extra details about tickets and how one can go to.
