Want to Be Rich: an installation by Pornprasert Yamazaki

After the frantic splashes of the Thai Songkran fest Ryo, Pornprasert Yamazaki, who showed with Mor Mor Creative Forum in CRACK: the magic clay can do, had another ultra ambitious installation at Whitespace Gallery, on the second floor of Lido cinema, Siam Square, Bangkok.

The whole gallery was filled with statues of pathetic doglike creatures, whose faces resembled the artist himself. Some had two penises, which made them look even as desperate as the Greek mythical creature, the Chimera. Ryo collaborated with a scent designer to create a disgustingly pungent perfume, resembling what you can smell in those hedonistic massage palours, which sprouted all over the sin city of Bangkok since the arrive of the American troops when the Vietnam war broke out. This is Ryo's ongoing criticism on the relentless expansion of consumerism and gloabalised economy, which affects every aspect of Thai society. In other contexts, you may or may not be conscious of this affect, but once you was in Ryo's installation, one certainly would.

In just one phrase, "very Chuwit indeed!"

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