Artist's Cooperation
Sutee Kunavichayanont
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Sanskrit: 'Su' the first syllable of my name 'Sutee' in Sanskrit means wise, good.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- uncertainty: my works during 1993-94, responded to the uncertain change, which occurs in every moment.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
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tiger: 'The Myth of Asian Tiger'
Thai dream, an ambition to be industrialized and becomes the 5th Tiger of Asia, instead of being a farmer.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- elephant: sacred animal, symbol of Thailand, animals which are threatened to become extinct.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- expiration: to extend life for dead body with breath donation is a mission impossible, but in real life it might work.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- Ku : is my Chinese family name. My grandparents came from mainland China. They are Hakka Chinese.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- unspoken : art is an attempt to communicate the unspoken matters.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
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nostalgia: longing for the return of past events. A man who is obsessed with his glory in the past.
The work 'The Good Old Days'.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- alienation: Modern Thai people in big cities are alienated to local Thai villagers. The local matters become exotic as the other for those in the city.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- vanish: I am interested in the state of blurring or vanishing, longing for something that vanished.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- ice: Ice elephants melt and drop through the holes onto a tank below. The object that has short life, especially in this tropical country.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- Chinese: I have grown up in a Chinese family in Thailand. I had experienced as the other in Thai society but in some ways, now I manage myself to be both Thai and Chinese.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- heterogeneous: Thailand is a country inhabited by people of diverse origins and composed of various different cultures.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- automatic: something we do and think automatically without reconsideration
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- you are here: drops of dextrose gradually dissolve the words.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- attempt: my work is not an answer but it is rather an attempt to find an answer.
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Na: my ex-girlfriend, now my wife.
She is my big fan who understands and supports me to be an artist.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- outskirt: Samaedam is where I live. It's the most unfashionable place on the outskirts of Bangkok. Everyone considers it very far.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- negotiation: Many people believe that Thais are the best negotiator in the world.
Sutee Kunavichayanont
- Thainess: the thing that I still can not define exactly.
25 January 1999.