This “Carnet d’artiste” is an online notebook that presents some notes and documents chosen by the artist Arin Rungjang. It draws the line of work of his ongoing exhibition project, which is co-produced by CAPC–musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, and the Jeu de Paume, Paris. In his « Carnet d’artiste », Arin Rungjang will share the evolution of “Mongkut” –the name of the King of Siam (former name of Thailand) from 1851 to 1868–, a project that explores certain aspects of the franco-thaï relations via the study of particular objects. His project will be shown for the first time at the Maison d’Art Bernard Anthonioz in Nogent-sur-Marne as part of the exhibition program “Satellite 08”, curated by Erin Gleeson, from March 19 to May 17, 2015. More information here.
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Arin Rungjang was born 1975 in Bangkok, where he now lives and works. His practice involves different media, mainly video and site-specific installations. As he dives into the depths of history and day-to-day experiences, he skilfully dissects his material to propose a reinterpretation of major events, seen through the prism of minor ones. By multiplying temporal and spatial references, he expects his public to reconstitute these different layers. After spending a year at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in Christian Boltanski’s studio in 2000, Rungjang graduated from Silpakorn University with a visual arts degree in 2002. Among his latest shows was « Golden Teardrop » for the Thai Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2013) and at the Sydney Biennale (2012).
This Exhibition is presented as part of the Satellite program, coproduced by the Jeu de Paume and the CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux. The Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques (FNAGP) and the Association des Amis du CAPC support the production of the works for the Satellite program.