Vasan Sitthiket

Infobox Artist

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location = Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand
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nationality = Thai
field = Painting, sculpture, performance art
training = College of Fine Art, Bangkok
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awards = Silpathorn Award for Visual Arts, 2005

Vasan Sitthiket ( _th. วสันต์ สิทธิเขตต์), born on October 5, 1957 in Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand is a Thai contemporary visual artist. A graduate of the College of Fine Art in Bangkok, he has works in many fields, including painting and poetry. He has staged three plays, written more than 10 books of poetry, children’s books and political writings.

Works

Active since the 1970s, Vasan's works are often provocative and political in nature. One of his works was a performance art piece, involving fake rubber breasts and buttocks and a simulated rape of the entire nation of Thailand.cite web | last = Gearing | first = Julian | title = Painted into a corner | publisher = AsiaWeek | date = 1998-10-02 | url = http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/98/1002/feat3.html | accessdate = 2007-08-24]

In 2000, an exhibition of a new collection that included 50 paintings featuring Thai politicians and military officers in sexually compromising poses was cancelled by Chulalongkorn University, five days before it was to open.cite web | last = Shankar | first = Lekha | title = An artist at war | publisher = AsiaWeek | date = 2000-10-20 | url = http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/1020/as.art.html | accessdate = 2007-08-24]

In 2005, he set up the Artist Party, a political art project that mocked the then-ruling Thai Rak Thai party and prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.cite web | last = Phataranawanik | first = Phatarawadee | title = Culture sphere: Mavericks and familiar faces at the Silpathorn Awards | publisher = The Nation (Thailand) | date = 2007-08-25 | url = http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/08/25/pda/opinion_30046450.html | accessdate = 2007-08-25]

At the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, he displayed some large-scale portraits of George W. Bush and other world leaders, created on canvas by using custom-made rubber stamps. [ [http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/bien50/tha/e-sitthiket.htm Thailand: Vasan Sitthiket, 50th Venice Biennial 2003 ] ]

Vasan's media has also included drawings, woodcut prints, ceramic sculpture, installations and performances.

References

External links

* [http://www.artgazine.com/artist/search.php?search_user=Vasan+Sitthiket Vasan Sitthiket gallery] at aRTgazinE
* [http://www.ecfa.com/site/artists.php?aid=118 Vasan Sitthiket gallery] at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts
* [http://visualarts.qld.gov.au/designyourowntour/details.php?id=218&pnum=0&project=Collection%20highlights Vasan Sitthiket] at Queensland Art Gallery
* [http://www.araiart.jp/myan2910.html Performance Site: Myanmar 2005]