Leading art critic and activist Thanom Chapakdee remembered

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Thailand is mourning veteran Thai art critic and artist practitioner Thanom Chapakdee, who was best known for practicing what he liked to refer to as the “Aesthetics of Resistance” calling for “people power” and democracy for decades.

 

Thanom passed away on the afternoon of June 27 at his home in Si Sa Ket at the age of 64 after being moved from the intensive care unit in Ubon Ratchathani hospital where he had been hospitalized following a stroke almost a month ago.

 

Born during the Cold War, Thanom focused on art activism for more than three decades. A graduate of the College of Fine Arts in the 1980s, he obtained his master’s degree in art history and criticism from the University of Kent at Canterbury in UK. After a period spent traveling, he returned to his studies, earning a PhD in Fine Art from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/leading-art-critic-and-activist-thanom-chapakdee-remembered/

 

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