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Alex Face unfazed by the controversy surrounding his painting
Phuket Gazette


A notice next to Alex Face's mural on the wall of the Baba Museum lists community grievances while admirers take photos. Photo: Chutharat Plerin

PHUKET: -- Alex Face, the artist who painted the controversial mural depicting a three-eyed child on a wall of one of the city’s most historic buildings, the Peranakan Nitat (Baba) Museum in Phuket Town, is set to remove the artwork today.

The Thai artist, whose given name is Patcharapol Tangruen, has been commissioned to paint buildings all over the world, but this is the first time, to his knowledge, that one of his murals has had to be removed.

He agreed to remove the mural himself amid public outcry following its unveiling on April 10. Through social media, residents criticized the artwork’s placement at what was formerly the Chartered Bank, the only international bank in Phuket and a marker of the island’s period of industrialization.

Criticism of the project was also leveled at municipality support for the project through an engagement organization called So Phuket.

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-- Phuket Gazette 2016-05-09

[gandalf12]

Where exactly has this guy "has been commissioned to paint buildings all over the world" as I googled him and find nothing outside of Thailand?

[elgordo38]

Sometimes the whole world exists only in ones mind.

[gandalf12]

Can someone explain what is controversial about the painting? I just don't see anything that is.