Contemporary Thai Buddhist Artists

[kwiz117]

Alongkorn Lauwatthana

Seriously speaking, he is not specialises in Buddhist arts. But some of his works do have some Buddhist elements. See the attached image

http://www.rama9art.org/alongkorn/works.html

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Sompop Budtarad has made more contemporary Buddhist arts. I have collected a few postcards of his works, like this:

http://www.siamese-dream.com/greeting_card...py_of_naga.html

'Traditional Buddhist techniques and symbols merge with a distinctly Western freedom of expression to create an artistic hybrid that is both East and West, past and present.'--Magic Blend mangazine issue 28

His bio is in here:

http://www.iklektik.com/thaiart/sompop/

An exhibition of him:

http://www.rama9art.org/artisan/2001/septe...er/publish.html

This site has some very good Buddhist desktop screens with a few works of Sompop Budtarad, and works of other artists:

http://zen.dvdesign.com/vol_07.shtml

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A few other contemporary Thai Buddhist artists (I also have collected a few postcards of their works):

Songdej Thipthong

http://www.gongdee-japan.com/cw-songdej.htm

http://www.rama9art.org/artisan/2001/may/p...ts/article.html

http://www.ganeshart.com/Songdej/index.html

Pornchai Jaima

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/p/ploykh/

http://www.ganeshart.com/Pornchai/index.html

http://www.bangkokpost.net/chiangmai/peopl...3_people01.html

Panya Vijinthansarn's

http://www.iklektik.com/thaiart/panya/index.htm

Source : http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=41

[sabaijai]

I'm a fan of Alongkorn Lauwatthana's and Songdej Thipthong's work. I didn't know the others, glad to get those links.

Another favourite of mine is Surasit Saokong, who teaches at Rajamangkala Tech in Chiang Mai. He's famous for his candle-lit scenes of monastic life in Thailand.

Surasit

Last year the Chiang Mai Univ Art & Cultural Hall put on "Thai Spiritual Ties," an excellent exhibition of contemporary Buddhist art by 13 accomplished Thai artists from Northern Thailand and Bangkok.

[chanchao]

Let me add the link to the pictures I put up yesterday. They're of temple murals, but VERY different from the usual style. Pretty amazing actually:

http://sukstalker.fotopages.com/?entry=152777

(Same link as I posted in another topic here yesterday)

Cheers,

Chanchao