Spectrosynthesis II: Cutting-Edge LGTBQ Art
In November 2019, Bangkok will host the largest exhibition of LGTBQ art in Asia to date. The exhibition will run until March 2020 and is organized by the Sunpride Foundation and the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre.
Maitree Siriboon, Isan Boy Soi 4 No. 3 (2009). At The Art Newspaper
“Bangkok is one of the most inclusive and LGBTQ-friendly cities in Asia“, commented Patrick Sun proudly (founder and CEO of the Sunpride Foundation) at the presentation of Spectrosynthesis II – Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia. The largest exhibition of LGBTQ art on the continent will take place from 23 November 2019 to 1 March 2020, becoming a first-rate event both artistically and socioculturally. It is not the first time that the foundation led by Sun has organized a show of these characteristics, but the scale of the event and the number of works surpass in this case the ambitions of the first edition, Spectrosythesis I. On that occasion the city that hosted the show was Taipei, capital of Taiwan: a country that in 2017 ordered by law the approval of same-sex marriage within a maximum period of 2 years.
Michael Ishaowanasai, Portrait of Man in Habits #1 (2000). At The Art Newspaper
On this occasion, the show is held in the Thai capital at a key moment for the LGTBQ community: the government has announced a bill aimed at approving civil unions between same-sex couples in the near future. If the bill is passed, Thailand would be the first country in Asia to make a law of this kind effective. The exhibition brings together the work of 50 artists, through whose work a fascinating journey is made through the visual traditions of thousands of cultures of the continent. The works generate a constant reflection on how the LGTBQ community shares the human experience through art: “about the desire to love, and to be accepted and treated as equals,” as Patrick Sun points out. In addition to showing the work of artists who currently live and work in Asia, a more global point of view will be provided by creators living in foreign countries, such as Sunil Gupta (India), Ren Hang (China) or Lionel Wendt (Sri Lanka).
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