Understory Layer of Thai Contemporary Art World

Understanding the Thai art world through the analysis of group exhibition data

Understory Layer of Thai Contemporary Art World: Exploring relationships in the contemporary art world from a database of 857 group exhibitions in Thailand. An exhibition by the Canopy Project. Beyond beauty and aesthetic values, Thai contemporary art seeks to reflect, critique, interpret, adapt, and depict social issues of their respective time period through artworks. In this way, it helps to ignite discussions and stimulate debates on more controversial topics in the wider society. Tracing the history of exhibitions allows us to understand the complex structure of the art world and its relevant parties beyond just artists. More importantly, the approach helps to shed light on an intricate interconnection between art and other social dimensions, both in the past and future. The Canopy Project sets out to gather and analyse data on group exhibitions of Thai contemporary art from 1975 to 2022, aspiring to explore the roles of different actors and components involved in the conception and actualisation of exhibitions, including art spaces, art techniques, curators, and social context. This series of infographics titled “Understory Layer of Thai Contemporary Art Word” invites you to explore the analysis of data in five key dimensions: 1. Art spaces 2. Art techniques 3. Curators 4. Sponsors 5. Social context

Disclaimer: The data were drawn from a research database comprising 857 Thai contemporary art group exhibitions from 1974 to 2022. This research was conducted as part of a study on the relationship between contemporary art development and social participation in Southeast Asia from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. Note that the data presented do not reflect the total number nor are representative of all group exhibitions of Thai contemporary art.