Indigo Monster La Lanta Bangkok opening

The opening of my Indigo Monster exhibition last week at La Lanta Fine Art in Bangkok was a great succes. Shin Koyama, Vipoo Srivilasa and myself had a great time. 

Many thanks to Fon from La Lanta, and Mr. H.E. James Wise, Australia's ambassador to Thailand and all the many visitors for the wonderfull evening we had.  

And even the Bangkok media wrote about it:

http://www.bangkokscene.com/articles/122

www.lalanta.com

And here the little Indigo Monster book I made for the exhibition, it arrived just on time one day before the opening.

Oriënt goes Oriëntal

There are many visible characteristics to be found in Era Contour’s new residential complex ‘De Oriënt’ in The Hague, that remind one of the Far East. For instance, on the inner courtyard there are three striking domes whose ceilings will be painted in a typical Eastern style by Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk. The design for the domes’ ceilings come fromworkshops to be given for future residents and people from the neighbourhood. Pepijn, who supervises the workshops, selects a number of designs that will be included in his paintings. In this way the creativity of the future Orient residents flows back into the building project, and Era Contour and its partners demonstrate that they support a high-quality living environment in their housing complexes.

Commissioned by Era Contour, Mothership acted as producer. With thanks to Bianca Seekles.

http://www.enterthemothership.com/en/nieuwsbrieven/
www.eracontour.nl

Finished Fini Vollendet: Dragon boxes for Accezz

My 25 ceramic boxes and 25 ceramic dragons are finally ready!!! Finished fini vollendet etc. and therefore nicely in time for the deadline. 

Indigo Monster Bangkok

The official information and the invitation card for my upcoming Indigo Monster show in Bangkok starting the end of this month:

 

Collaborative watercolour paintings by

IMP (International Monster Project):

Shin Koyama Japan/Australia

Vipoo Srivilasa Thailand/Australia

Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk The Netherlands

Saturday, June 30, 2012
7 - 9 pm

The exhibition will be presided over by H.E. James Wise,
Australia’s Ambassador to Thailand

RSVP | info@lalanta.com | 02 204 0583

Online exhibition www.lalanta.com
Exhibition on display until August 1, 2012

La Lanta Fine Art
245/14 Sukhumvit soi 31
Sukhumvit Road,
Klongtan Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110

And here is the story of Indigo monster.

Indigo Monsters is a collaborative exhibition between three artists, Vipoo Srivilasa
(Thai/Australia), Shin Koyama (Japan) and Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (The
Netherlands). It is a result of the International Monster Project (IMP) which began in
October 2010 when the three artists first met at the capital city of blue and white
porcelain, Jingdezhen, China. Here, they worked collaboratively to celebrate their
shared passion for porcelain and the colour of white and blue.
International Monsters Project was born when Vipoo invited Shin and Pepijn to play
the exquisite corpse game using ceramic tiles. The game is a method by which a
collection of images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a
composition in sequence. The artists had chosen monsters as their subject due to
the strong traditional and local connotations, as well as a powerful global
contemporary resonance.
Under the monster theme, Vipoo gave three tiles to each artists and asked them to
paint a monster head, a monster torso and a monster leg. After the tiles were fired
the artists came together to mix their monsters up and their first collaboration was
complete - three unique monsters made from nine different sections by three
different artists.
In 2011, for their next collaboration, the artists decided to embark on a more
ambitious work, Indigo Monsters. Using the same exquisite corpse game technique,
the artists created blue and white monster sections on paper and then posted them
on to the next artist to add more sections, until the complete monster appears.
Indigo Monsters will culminate in an exhibition at La Lanta Fine Art, Bangkok in July
of 2012 and will then be traveling to Japan, The Netherlands and Australia.
By revitalising the historical ties that connect Holland with both Japan and Thailand,
the artists aims to investigate different ways to trade ideas between the three
cultures. In this sense International Monsters Project is a response to the seismic
power shift taking place, from the west to the east. It is also a model for how artists
can address the economic, cultural and environmental monsters to which this shift
is giving birth.

Accezz and the Dragonbox

This is a video made about Accezz International, the company where I make the little Dragons-in-boxes for (see previous posts). The video is made at Struktuur 68 studio in Den Haag. In the video you see me at work creating the boxes and painting the dragons (I think I look maybe a bit too serious and focused while painting the dragon, never realised that I look grumpy when I am concentrated).  
Video concept by Ivo Wauben, directed by Ramses Singeling.

Man makes monsters at midnight

I'm working on the design for the invitation card for the 'Indigo monster' show at La Lanta, Bangkok starting the end of June.

We have a Facebook page now: http://www.facebook.com/InternationalMonsterProject

25 little dragons

This month I am finishing the first dragons-in-boxes (see previous post February 17, 2012). Almost all the slipcasting has been done now, and I just started glazing them. On the second picture there is also a little monster for my upcoming "Indigo Monster" show at La Lanta gallery in Bangkok, together with Vipoo Srivilasa and Shin Koyama.