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SUMMARY:\"White Girls\" Art Exhibition by Jonathan Thomson
DESCRIPTION:\nJonathan Thompson's exhibition will inaugurate inter@Tha
 vibu, Thavibu Gallery's space for international artists. \nThis is Th
 ompson's first solo exhibition in Bangkok, and will take place on 30 A
 pril - 11 June, 2011. The White Girls address consumerism and the irr
 esistible allure of commodity culture. They share the spirit of Warhol
 ’s screen printed celebrities, and are likewise influenced by commer
 cial advertising and pop style simplification and employ a limited pa
 lette in order to present enticing artifice as glamour. They celebrate
  the triumph of advertising in creating value, channeling desire and c
 rafting culture.Thomson uses the figure to explore fundamental ideas a
 bout beauty. Beauty is relative to different times and different cultu
 res and all too often the delight it gives us is tempered by the fact 
 that it too, like laughter and music, the perfume of flowers and the b
 loom of youth, will fade. All things must pass, but in our hearts and 
 minds, that which we find beautiful is a possession for all eternity.E
 roticism is the most direct and immediate way of captivating the sense
 s and it is through the senses that we understand the aesthetics of be
 auty, rather than through either the rational and conceptual knowledge
  of science and philosophy or the structures and systems of ethics and
  morality. More than any other subject, the nude signifies “Art”. 
 It is not just one subject among many, but is the central subject. The
  nude is a canon of perfection, an expression of universal and eternal
  values. Thomson’s nude figures are based on a reductive approach t
 o line, simplicity of design and clarity of expression. His sparse, cl
 ean, fluid lines give rise to lyrical, romantic inscriptions that addr
 ess basic human emotions.Jonathan Thomson is an artist, art historian,
  critic and curator. He has held various senior positions in arts admi
 nistration in Australia and Hong Kong including Deputy Director (Strat
 egic Development) and Head of Secretariat at the Australia Council for
  the Arts and Deputy Secretary General of the Hong Kong Arts Developme
 nt Council. He writes extensively on all aspects of global contemporar
 y art and is Regional Correspondent for Asian Art News and World Sculp
 ture News. Since December 2008 he has served as Art Consultant to Loui
 s Vuitton Asia Pacific and as Curator of the Louis Vuitton Galleries i
 n Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei. White Girls is his 3rd solo exhibition 
 following successful solo shows in Hong Kong in 2010 and 2011. His wor
 k is represented in private and corporate collection in Australia, Eng
 land, France, Hong Kong and USA.The White Girls exhibition is presente
 d by Thomson Fine Art and is hosted by inter@Thavibu in the Silom Gall
 eria. A full colour 54 page catalogue with essays by Jonathan Thomson 
 and Ian Findlay Brown is also available.\n\nFor more information visit
  http://www.portfolios.net/events/white-girls-art-exhibition-by
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CATEGORIES:art, exhibition
LOCATION:inter@Thavibu
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