Chulayarnnon Siriphol: Good artists go to parliament, bad artists go to jail

Chulayarnnon Siriphol mixes Muay Thai, performance art, and video to tell stories about Thailand you won’t see on the surface—blending humor, pop culture, and social critique.

Chulayarnnon Siriphol: Good artists go to parliament, bad artists go to jail
Chulayarnnon Siriphol at his Bangkok studio. Photo by Gabriel Camelin

Paint-crusted boxing gloves are perched on the backrest of a chair in Chulayarnnon Siriphol’s Bangkok studio. Next to the chair sits a canvas on an easel splashed in red, recalling the action paintings of Japanese artist Ushio Shinohara, who dipped boxing gloves in paint and punched at canvases.

Both are remnants of the video installation Red Eagle Sangmorakot: No More Hero in His Story, that won the Taoyuan International Art Award Grand Prize in Taiwan earlier this year.

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