Thai Artists | Jirapat Tatsanasomboon
Jirapat Tatsanasomboon was born in 1971 in Samut Prakarn and completed his Master Degree at Silapakorn University in 1999.
Jirapat is well known for applying a pop-art style to his
paintings which often feature interactions between the
East-West and Modern-Traditional. He appropriates images
from well-known European masterpieces and inserts readily
identifiable Thai iconography as a commentary on Thai
society by re-interpreting the celebrated master paintings
and using them as 'camouflage'. His heroes are depicted in a distinctive Thai setting and are often seen interacting with traditional Thai heroes and mythical figures, most of whom are characters in the Ramakien (Ramayana). Jirapat
also takes on well known icons spanning from old master
paintings to stars in the entertainment industry and
American superheroes and puts them in a new, Thai context. Jirapat has participated in several art shows in Thailand and also in Korea (2003), USA (NYC, 2006),
Singapore (2008), China (Olympics, 2008), India (2009),
Monaco (2010) and Argentina (2010).
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