Surface Tension
“Surface Tension;
9 students, 9 lives.”
An exhibition by Year 13 Visual Art students from
Bangkok
Patana School
At the
Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre (BACC).
Open from the 22nd January till the 10th of February 2011.
Private viewing night on the 27th of January at 4:30 till 6:30.
Location. 3rd and 4th floors of the BACC
The exhibition is a pre examination show of Bangkok Patana School Year 13 students work from the final year of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Visual Arts course.
In their course students are expected to develop their own themes
and approaches to using the visual communication mode of Art. They
do this through observing and analysing art in a social and
historical context, looking at contemporary practice and learning
from this to inform their own work. They explore issues that are
important to them personally, learn a range of different techniques
and experiment in a variety of media.
The work of this group of 9 students covers a wide range of themes
from consumerism to changes in contemporary Thai culture. The title
of the exhibition “Surface Tension” links many of the concepts
explored in the students’ works. Through their work they question
things such as societies’ fixation on appearance, complexities of
cultural identity and physical appearance in an international
context, our need to have the latest gadget or status symbol,
superficial stereotypes of culture and beauty, natural beauty in a
polluted environment, political, social, linguistic and personal
conflicts that are not always what they seem. The underlying
tensions that these issues stir are explored in a variety of ways
and a broad range of media.
Join these 9 individuals on a journey that is both communal and
personal. Be challenged to look at the familiar in new ways, have
your perceptions questioned, to reflect on the global community we
live in or just see things from someone else’s point of view.
"This exhibition looks amazing. I can't wait to see the works of Art on Thursday. Good luck and see you there x"
Caroline Green, Miss Caroline Green
Saturday, January 22, 2011
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