A solo Photo-Exhibition by Peerapon Boonthep
20 April – 18 May 2024
Opening: Saturday 20 April, from 6 pm
at HEAD HIGH Second Floor, a non-profit Art Space in Chiang Mai
Head High Second Floor is pleased to present three photography exhibitions in a row.
Peerapon Boonthep kicks off the programme.
Artist’s statement:
Poverty and the low quality of life of the working class is a topic that has always interested me. I am a labourer myself and spend my free time making art.
This photographic work was created when I worked in agriculture and construction for a while. I saw the world of labour. It’s something I know, because it’s no different from life in the countryside or where I grew up. When you’re a kid, you might not be aware of the problems and you don’t question what’s going on. When you grow up with poverty issues, it becomes a normal part of life, even in adulthood as a labourer or farmer. Poverty is a problem, especially among the working class and those working in agriculture, that has been ingrained in Thai society for a long time. Workers remain a very low-income group that does not have adequate access to resources such as education, health care, housing, etc.
Employment opportunities are few and far between. All this has an impact not only on the family structure but also on society as a whole. Children falling out of the education system due to poverty, even though education is so necessary to climb the social ladder and escape poverty. Drug-addicted parents, orphaned children, grandparents who have to look after their children and grandchildren. You see all this every day, especially in rural areas. It is important to highlight and discuss these problems in order to improve the quality of life of workers and to show and enable a path out of poverty. Only in this way can the employee become the centre of a family structure and determine the direction and possibilities of the family himself. And what a gain that would be for society.
PEERAPON BOONTHEP BIOGRAPHY
Peerapon Boonthep (born 1998, lives in Nan, Thailand)
Peerapon Boonthep has a degree in Fine Arts and is an artist working mainly in the field of political activism in Thailand.
Profile
2021-2022: Assistant at ARTCADE & PYE SPACE Gallery Phayao, Thailand
2022-Present: Freelancer & Artist
Selected group exhibitions
2021 KARMA SILP Thesis Exhibition, Phayao
2021 Phayao Arts & Creative, ARTCADE, Phayao
2021 Chiang Mai Designweek, Brewsining, Chiang Mai
2021 The Art of Sound, ARTCADE, Phayao
2021 Invisible Voice, Phayao Photography Biennale, Phayao
2022 Showcase of Artists, ARTCADE, Phayao
2022 EMERGE, Photo Thesis Exhibition at HOP, Hub Of Photography Bangkok
2022 Unveiling / Occultism, ARTCADE, Phayao
2023 STIGMATISATION, VS24 Gallery Bangkok
For more information, please contact:
Head High Second Floor (New Address)
28/1 Singharat Rd. T.Si Phum A.Muang, Old Town, Mueang, Chiang Mai 50200
+66 61 686 0660 hello@head-high-second-floor.com www.head-high-second-floor.com
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Or
TQPR Thailand, Tom Van Blarcom, tom@tqpr.com or Nuie Titichayapon, nuie@tqpr.com +662 260 5820