An obsession with self

For young Thai artist Peera Vorapreechapanich, the mobile phone is a weapon, always on hand to shoot what moves around him. In his solo show “Check-In” opening at Soy Sauce Factory on July 8 at 7pm, Peera satirises today’s society and reflects on the obsession with selfies and “checking-in” on the social networks in an attempt to create one’s own history. There are also political messages in his work, particularly in his selfie with the Democracy Moment hinting at the current political situation under a junta government. He notes that “Freedom is in (the camera phone in) in your hand.”

The show runs through August 19. For more information visit Facebook page/soysaucefactory.

Hair today

Absent from the scene since 2014’s “Rebirth”, Thai female artist Imhathai Suwatthanasilp brings her hair creations to Numthong Gallery with a new solo show “Ruan Sam Nam See” (“7 elements”) opening on July 22 at 6pm.

She has named her exhibition after a Thai proverb, which Is often used to provide advice to young girls who are about to get married on the role of a housewife. Imhathai has interpreted and defined this proverb in her own way, using her signature technique of hair embroidery for her amazing installation art.

The show runs through August 31. For more information visit http://www.GalleryNumthong.com.

A new take on sublime

After organising art shows at her own Toot Yoong Art Centre for a decade, Bangkok-based French artist Myrtille Tibayrenc is finally putting on her own solo show.

“Sublimation”, which opens on July 21 at Serindia Gallery at OP Garden (near The Oriental Hotel) on Charoen Krung Road, is based on web-found images of landscapes, portraits, porn, and contemporary events. Tibayrenc transforms her subject matter to create art that is provocative and uses these timeless scenes, cut out of their context, to form a new story – a parallel emotional understanding of our modern world.

The show runs through August 20.

H Gallery is hosting “Meridians”, a solo exhibition of paintings by Bangkok-based artist Lesley Dumbrell until August 27. A leading member of the women’s art movement in Australia during the 1970s, Dumbrell’s longstanding practice of meticulously rendering patterns explores an expansive approach to abstraction. While suggesting mechanical or digital reproduction, the artist’s sharp lines and clean forms hint at multiple significance and resonances.

“Meridian”s also introduces new sculptural works that extend relationships between the perceptual and experiential.

Find out more at http://www.HGallery.com