Exhibition                  :  Already Mades 
Artist                        :   Krit Ngamsom
Opening reception    :   17  September 2011
Exhibition Period       :   September 17 -  October 31 ,2011
Exhibition Venue        :   Number 1 Gallery, The Silom Galleria Bld., Bangkok.

Number 1 Gallery is pleased to announce the art exhibition Already Mades with new three-dimensional works by Krit Ngamsom. Marking his third solo exhibition, the whimsical installation features a new series of mixed media sculptures that appropriate and re-contextualise significant creations in 20th century art. Looking to such artistic heavyweights as Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Nam June Paik, Jeff Koons, and Damien Hirst, Krit fancifully reinterprets iconic art objects. 

Having only ever viewed such masterpieces as Duchamp’s Dada Fountain (1917) or Dali’s surrealist Lobster telephone (1936) as reproductions within the pages of arts publications, Krit considers artworks he has yet to physically experience through inspirational realisations from his own imagination.

Manifested as carnivalesque post-modern parodies, Krit customs an art amuseument park in which the historical significance of such pivotal artworks is celebrated and subverted. Krit’s artistic shanzhai also has implications to authenticity, commodity, and the role of art as entertainment.

Hailing from Phichit province in Thailand’s north, in 2008 Krit graduated with a MA in Visual Art from King Mongkut Institute of Technology Ladkrabang. Known for creating engaging kinetic artworks that combine everyday objects, the 28-year-old artist has participated in the group exhibitions Bangkok Bananas at Central World (2009), Bangkok 226 and Traces of Siamese Smile at the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre (both 2008), as well as the 2010 solo exhibition Sparkle at Thavibu Gallery.