
Manit
Manit Sriwanichpoom

biography

Actor of the comtemporanery art scene in Bangkok, Manit Sriwanichpoom defines himself as an activist who uses photography since it allows him to shape rapidly up his points of view; his protests, his urges. He is utterly reactive, instantaneous. And so, he realized an outstanding black and white serie of mise en scene, framed by heavy gilt, parodying photojournalism icons, in which napalm victims or fleeing refugees carrying luxury brands packagings. It was his answer to the South East Asian financial krach of the late eighties. He created a character, « Mister Pink », dressed with an intense pink silk suit, accompanied by a matching shopping trolley and cell phone which he uses to reveal and to denounce the consumerists foibles of our society.
Series


Obscene, 2014

Blue, 2014

Mister Pink, 2009


Thailand, Masters, 2009

Ordinary/Extraordinary, 2006

Safari, 2005

In-Your-Face, 2002

This Bloodless War, 1997

Bangkok in technicolor, 2015

Obscene, 2014

Blue, 2014

Mister Pink, 2009


Thailand, Masters, 2009

Ordinary/Extraordinary, 2006

Safari, 2005

In-Your-Face, 2002

This Bloodless War, 1997

Bangkok in technicolor, 2015

Obscene, 2014

Blue, 2014

Mister Pink, 2009


Thailand, Masters, 2009

Ordinary/Extraordinary, 2006

Safari, 2005

In-Your-Face, 2002

This Bloodless War, 1997
Interviews
Manit Sriwanichpoom: Artist Talk
Chennai Photo Biennale
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2019
Manit Sriwanichpoom (b 1961) is one of Thailand’s leading photographers, and the best known in the international art world, having exhibited worldwide including in the Centre Pompidou (Paris, 2010), The Asia Pacific Triennial (Australia, 2009), Photoquai (Paris, 2007), Gwangj.
Manit Sriwanichpoom: Capturing the unspoken
COBO
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Interview by Naima Morelli, 2019
Naima Morelli speak for COBO, with Thai artist Manit Sriwanichpoom on the challenges and process of making socio-political artwork in the current politically tense climate in Thailand.
An interview with Manit Sriwanichpoom
The Artling
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Interview by Kim Tay, 2016
The Artling interviewed the artist Manit Sriwanichpoom on the occasion of his recent solo exhibition, Fear, presented at Yavuz Gallery concurrently with three other galleries in Bangkok, to find out more about his thoughts on the current situation in Thailand and his advice for young artists.
Artist Manit Sriwanichpoom’s pink prophecies for Thailand
Art Radar
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2010
In an interview with the artist Manit Sriwanichpoom, Art Radar explores how he uses photography to expose the brutal truth behind Thai society and to denounce consumerism through satirical compositions.compositions satiriques.
books

Pink Man Story

Bangkok in Technicolor

Plasticien

Pink Man Story

Bangkok in Technicolor

Plasticien

Pink Man Story

Bangkok in Technicolor

Plasticien
awards

Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Ministry of Culture
2014

Higashikawa Photo Award, Hokkaido, Japan
For the series: Pink Man in Paradise
2007