01/30/2023
Join SculptureCenter for a book launch with Roger Nelson, Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, Jeannine Tang (), and Ruba Katrib () celebrating I Am An Artist (He Said), a collection of writings by Thai artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook now appearing in translation for the first time.
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“To be an artist is…just like s**t in a clogged toilet, stubborn s**t that can’t decide whether it wants to be flushed or to stick around,” writes acclaimed artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. Composed as an irreverent dialogue between masculine and feminine narrators, this book of essays is an uncategorisable fusion of art criticism, feminist theory, art pedagogy, gossip, and autofiction. It is also an invaluable insider account of Southeast Asia’s contemporary artists being catapulted into international circuits since the 1990s. Rasdjarmrearnsook’s provocative prose is lyrically translated from Thai for the first time by Kong Rithdee (), one of Thailand’s most influential cultural critics.
This book launch marks the return of Rasdjarmrearnsook’s work to SculptureCenter, following the artist’s first retrospective in the United States in 2015, curated by former SculptureCenter curator Ruba Katrib.
I Am An Artist (He Said)
By Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
Translated by Kong Rithdee
Edited and with an essay by Roger Nelson and Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol
Published by National Gallery Singapore ()
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Image: Koonchang, Ngab, and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, 2015. Courtesy the artist.
