Buddhadasa Bhiku was a revolutionary, an ascetic monk (reinterpreting the Buddhist doctrine, inspiring Thai and foreigners social and cultural activities, he founded an important community and center for study in the Surat Thani forest), but he was also a revolutionary visual artist and photographer . His proto-conceptual self-portraits are not an aware expression of art in itself, but they have been used as medium for spreading his ideas and thoughts concerning the religion and the concept of “ego”.
This exhibition shows – for the first time – Buddhadasa Bhiku’s images and poems in their original form and it is a new chapter of the great history of Thailand’s forgotten photography masters directed by artist and gallerist Manit Sriwanichpoom.
The Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives collected more than 400 plates with words and photographies that the monk and his assistant Phra Maha Boonchu realized for his photo albums, now a series of three books with all the works are available. The original books should be shown to the public next year during the announced photography festival in Bangkok.
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