The Peninsula Bangkok welcomes guests and visitors to discover the stunningly intricate, traditional, and vanishing Thai lacquer-art technique of Lai Kammalor, with a special art installation by acclaimed local artist and an Associate Professor, Niroj Jarungjitvittawat through 30 December 2022.
The exhibited works, collectively titled SATI (a Buddhist term meaning mindfulness or consciousness) have been commissioned as part of The Peninsula Bangkok’s artist in residence programme. The programme collaborates with up and coming local artists to offer hotel guests uniquely immersive artistic experiences – in part, by hosting artists in residence like Associate Professor Niroj, who use studio and exhibit spaces on hotel premises to create work and interact with visitors.
Lai Kammalor, a centuries-old painting technique that dates to the Ayutthaya period of the Kingdom of Siam, employs lacquer, gold leaf, and powdered tempera to create elaborately patterned designs. These were used to adorn the doors, windows, partitions, and cabinetry in many of the country’s grandest historic palaces and temples – including Bangkok’s Grand Palace. Associate Professor Niroj has made it his personal mission to preserve this distinctive artistic tradition through his own works, including the dozen paintings which comprise SATI, displayed on the Mezzanine Floor and artist studio at The Peninsula Bangkok.
“My dedication to Lai Kammalor goes beyond simply wanting to introduce this ancient Thai method to modern-day art enthusiasts, or to my students,” said Associate Professor Niroj, who teaches art at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin. “It is my way of promoting the higher cultural values embodied in the approach – goodness, faith, truth – to viewers around the world.”
According to Joseph Sampermans, General Manager of The Peninsula Bangkok, the SATI exhibit offers guests the sort of deeply engaging, culturally relevant art experience that the hotel seeks to share with the artist in residence programme.
“Installations like Associate Professor Niroj’s fulfil an important purpose,” Mr Sampermans said. “Not only do they surround our guests with exquisitely beautiful artworks, and introduce them to local creators; they also connect our visitors with the vibrant culture of our home city, and our home country.”
For more information about The Peninsula Bangkok’s artist in residence programme, please visit www.peninsula.com/art. To book an Artist Studio Tour in the hotel personally guided by Associate Professor Niroj, please contact The Peninsula Bangkok at +66 2020 2888 or email: [email protected].
The exhibited works, collectively titled SATI (a Buddhist term meaning mindfulness or consciousness) have been commissioned as part of The Peninsula Bangkok’s artist in residence programme. The programme collaborates with up and coming local artists to offer hotel guests uniquely immersive artistic experiences – in part, by hosting artists in residence like Associate Professor Niroj, who use studio and exhibit spaces on hotel premises to create work and interact with visitors.
Lai Kammalor, a centuries-old painting technique that dates to the Ayutthaya period of the Kingdom of Siam, employs lacquer, gold leaf, and powdered tempera to create elaborately patterned designs. These were used to adorn the doors, windows, partitions, and cabinetry in many of the country’s grandest historic palaces and temples – including Bangkok’s Grand Palace. Associate Professor Niroj has made it his personal mission to preserve this distinctive artistic tradition through his own works, including the dozen paintings which comprise SATI, displayed on the Mezzanine Floor and artist studio at The Peninsula Bangkok.
“My dedication to Lai Kammalor goes beyond simply wanting to introduce this ancient Thai method to modern-day art enthusiasts, or to my students,” said Associate Professor Niroj, who teaches art at Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin. “It is my way of promoting the higher cultural values embodied in the approach – goodness, faith, truth – to viewers around the world.”
According to Joseph Sampermans, General Manager of The Peninsula Bangkok, the SATI exhibit offers guests the sort of deeply engaging, culturally relevant art experience that the hotel seeks to share with the artist in residence programme.
“Installations like Associate Professor Niroj’s fulfil an important purpose,” Mr Sampermans said. “Not only do they surround our guests with exquisitely beautiful artworks, and introduce them to local creators; they also connect our visitors with the vibrant culture of our home city, and our home country.”
For more information about The Peninsula Bangkok’s artist in residence programme, please visit www.peninsula.com/art. To book an Artist Studio Tour in the hotel personally guided by Associate Professor Niroj, please contact The Peninsula Bangkok at +66 2020 2888 or email: [email protected].
