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Apichatpong Weerasethakul

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL

The Serenity of Madness Taipei Fine Arts Museum 30 November 2019–15 March 2020 Taipei
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A leading figure in contemporary film and art, Apichatpong Weerasethakul has developed a singular realist-surrealist style in which he portrays the everyday alongside supernatural elements. His work suggests a distortion between fact and folklore, the subconscious and the exposed, and various disparities of power. He reveals stories often excluded in history in and out of Thailand: marginalized beings and those silenced and censored for personal and political reasons.

Curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong, this solo exhibition presents a collection of experimental short films and video installations by Weerasethakul, alongside his photography, sketches, and archival material that explore threads of socio-political commentary and provide insight to his perspectives. Weerasethakul’s passionate positions regarding class, labor, sexuality, science and spirituality have informed his practice from early in his career to the present.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul: The Serenity of Madness is a traveling exhibition curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. ICI produces exhibitions, events, publications, research and training opportunities for curators and diverse audiences around the world. The exhibition and tour are made possible, in part, with the generous support from MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, the ICI Board of Trustees and ICI’s International Forum.

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About the Artist

The winner of 2010 Palme d’Or, Apichatpong ‘Joe’ Weerasethakul is an internationally renowned Thai independent filmmaker and artist. He currently lives and works in Chiang Mai, a hub of folk art and crafts in Thailand. Born in 1970 in a Thai-Chinese middle-class family, Weerasethakul grew up in Khon Kaen, Isaan, a city in Northeast Thailand that is one of the most impoverished regions and a melting pot of Vietnamese and Cambodian cultures, where his parents practiced medicine.

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The mission of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum is to promote the preservation, research, development and popularization of Taiwanese modern and contemporary art; to keep abreast of global trends and establish a variety of channels for exchange; to raise the general public’s understanding of and participation in modern art; to help Taiwanese modern and contemporary art to thrive; and to cultivate fuller artistic attainment in the people, in the hope of forming a contemporary society with aesthetic sense and cultural perception.

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Opening hours
Tuesday – Sunday
9:30am – 5:30pm

Open until 8:30pm on Saturdays
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