Event

Book launch: Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook – Storytellers of the Town

A photo depicting Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Great Times Message, Storyteller of the Town, The Insane (2006), three-channel video installation, installation view, at 4A

When

Thursday, 26 March 2015, 7:00am

Location

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

181-187 Hay St, Haymarket

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art (4A) announces the publication of Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: Storytellers of the Town, a comprehensive exhibition catalogue that traces key ideas, moments and works in the development of one of Thailand’s foremost contemporary artists, and a leading female voice in South East Asian art.

Published following Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s 2014 solo exhibition at 4A which presented two decades of her practice through seminal installation and video works, this publication includes newly commissioned texts by exhibition curators, Professor Emeritus John Clark, University of Sydney, and curator and PhD candidate, Clare Veal, Department of Art History & Film Studies, University of Sydney; a text by Thai art critic and researcher Judha Su; and an interview with the artist, originally published in 2007 and reproduced for the first time in English.

Beautifully designed by Michael Boston and published in hardcover, the Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: Storytellers of the Town catalogue will be launched at the opening of 4A exhibition, Tell Me My Truth and is also now available for purchase online. RRP AU$50.00 (inclusive of GST).

 

Thursday 26 March 2015, 6:00PM
RSVP info@4a.com.au
Coinciding with the launch of 4A exhibition Tell Me My Truth

4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art
181-187 Hay St, Sydney

This publication has been produced by 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art and supported by 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok; Gordon Darling Foundation; the Commonwealth through the Australia-Thailand Institute of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra; and the University of Sydney.

Image: Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Great Times Message, Storyteller of the Town, The Insane (2006), three-channel video installation, installation view, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Courtesy Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. Photo: Zan Wimberley

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