The National Museum Volunteers will hold the last session of its 68th Lecture Series at the National Museum's auditorium on Na Phra That Road tomorrow morning.
Modern Thai art will be discussed by Acharn Panya Vijinthanasarn at the National Museum tomorrow at 11am.
The session comprises two lectures. The topic for the first one is "Very Thai Thai: How Street Culture Went Mainstream" from 9.30am to 10.30am.
This talk will look at how the low popular streetlife culture has been rehabilitated into the mainstream under the label "Thai Thai". Now urban ways are joining high and rural culture as legitimate expressions of Thainess.
It will be conducted in English by Philip Cornwel-Smith, author of the best-selling book Very Thai, launched in 2004.
It was the first thorough survey of Thailand's everyday popular culture. Now he is relaunching Very Thai's expanded second edition, which has been rewritten to cover major new changes in Thailand. The second talk is on the topic "Thai Modern Art In Process _ Reflections On My Own Artistic Development" from 11am to noon.
The speaker is Acharn Panya Vijinthanasarn, one of the most visible contemporary Thai artists, who has been exhibiting his work for more than 30 years.
But what were the important influences on his art? Was the encounter with Western art important to him? How has he developed and changed over the years?
After acting as a dean of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts at Silapakorn University, he is now a lecturer for the same faculty.
Donation fee is 400 baht per day (200 baht for members).
To register, email lectureseriesnmv@gmail.com or visit www.museumvolunteersbkk.net
