Abhijan Toto

By Andrew Cannon, Sung Tieu, Scott Cameron Weaver, Natasha Ginwala, and Abhijan Toto

 Detail of  The Curatorman  (2004), by Nawin Rawanchaikul, with portraits of personalities of the Bangkok art scene Courtesy of MAIIAM

Detail of The Curatorman (2004), by Nawin Rawanchaikul, with portraits of personalities of the Bangkok art scene

Courtesy of MAIIAM

A cartography of the Thailand's capital's art scene, five years after its last military coup, and just before the country's first elections in eight years. By Abhijan Toto

 Lee Anantawat on the street which inspired the name “Speedy Grandma”

Lee Anantawat on the street which inspired the name “Speedy Grandma”

Three important protagonists of the Bangkok Art Scene, Unchalee “Lee” Anantawat, Gridthiya “Jeab” Gaweewong, and Narawan “Kyo” Pathomvat, on the impacts their spaces have had, and how they have navigated Thailand’s complex political reality. By Abhijan Toto