BANGKOK -- What if Buddha had, after gaining enlightenment beneath a Bodhi tree, headed west for the foothills of ancient Rome? As outlandish as this hypothetical question sounds, prolific painter Natee Utarit is acquainting Thai audiences with the idea through a refined display of artistic license and artisanal skill: an exhibition at Bangkok's Silpakorn University that puts Greco-Roman and Buddhist iconography on an equal footing.
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Thai artist combines classical and Buddhist cultures
Natee Utarit puts East and West on equal footing in memorable exhibition
Thai artist Natee Utarit’s current exhibition "Deja vu: When the Sun Rises in the West" fuses Greco-Roman and Buddhist art forms in an attempt to address Western cultural imperialism in the East. “It’s very important that we are the same; not one higher than the other or one lower. It’s about equality,” he says. (Courtesy of artist and Art Centre Silpakorn University)
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