Clash Of The Artists
Usually, many events happen in Bangkok which makes it (very!) easy to miss out on some.
Of course there are a lot of activities that don't interest me at all, but I was glad to be alerted by my friend Leo of the Art Battle Bangkok. (*)
Start of the Art Battle Bangkok!
This happened last Saturday with a mix of Thai and international artists.
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The venue was an unknown hotel to me - The Fig Lobby Bangkok - just the outside looked already very cool! (**)
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The concept is that each artist gets 20 minutes to finish his/her artwork, with 2 'battles' of 6 artists each.
Each 'battle' has 2 winners who will compete in the 3rd and final round, until 1 artist 'survives' as the winner!
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Tools of the trade, white canvas, table, and a bucket of water.
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Artists getting ready for a group photo, from left to right: Underhatdaddy, Thyme Eksiripong, Mehdi Fahraji, John Lapy, KULAY, Kolahon, and Irina Rezwan.
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Artistic chair & staircase.
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John Lapy, KULAY, Kolahon, Irina Rezwan, Jmons, and NNNatto.
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A suitable funky bar.
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West, Underhatdaddy, Thyme Eksiripong, Mehdi Fahraji, and John Lapy.
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Part of the restaurant/bar in neon colors!
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Artists and organizers.
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Jmons in action.
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Interesting Pop-Art urinals, but perhaps a bit sexist? Those mouths look very female to me...
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Kolahon vs. Mehdi, Paerytopia back left.
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Underhatdaddy vs. West.
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The DJ played supposedly suitable LOUD background music, which made me realize once again that I'm a dinosaur!
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West vs. Underhatdaddy.
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KULAY vs. Jmons.
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Suph.one vs. Thyme Eksiripong.
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Irina Rezwan vs. John Lapy.
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Paerytopia adding splashes of white.
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John Lapy goes for spraying.
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Thyme Eksiripong working on his dog, NNNatto in the back.
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And the winner is .... (drum roll sound).
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It's Mehdi Fahraji!
Mehdi finishing off his winning piece!
I thought it was a fun event that gave the audience a rare opportunity to see how these artists work!
The only issue I had was with the online voting system, whenever I'm being asked to log in again (& again), I give up, and can't be bothered anymore.
Oh, don't forget, the next Art Battle here is March 16 @ 7:00 pm!
ARTISTS:
Underhatdaddy https://instagram.com/Underhatdaddy/
Thyme Eksiripong https://instagram.com/Identity_BKK8/
Mehdi Fahraji https://instagram.com/MEHDIFAHRAJI/
John Lapy https://instagram.com/Johnlapy_art/
Kolahon https://instagram.com/kolahonn/
Irina Rezwan https://instagram.com/beyond.irina/
NNNatto https://instagram.com/nnnatto__/
Paerytopia https://instagram.com/Paerytopia/
Nice article Koen. Looking forward to the battle on 16 March!
It looks colorful, and great fun, KK. I like your post very much.