Entitled "Sitting (Money) 2004-06" - "Nang (Ngern) 2547-49" being the Thai-language equivalent - the o why did Kamin use old banknotes as his primary material and why did he decide to present his ideas in such a way? The answer can be drawn from the modern lifestyle of many of the artist's contemporaries. It would be very unusual for a Thai person to go through a whole day without handling money in some form, but it would be quite commonplace if that same person had not venerated a Buddhist statue or other religious object during the course of the same day. For decades - some would say for more than a century - now, money has been the new "god" in this self-proclaimed Buddhist kingdom. Despite his strong Buddhist beliefs, as an artist (and ordinary consumer) Kamin must also participate in activities involving money on a day-to-day basis. So it is interesting for him on explore how people can practice dharma - the teachings of the Lord Buddha - while living in a capitalist, money-oriented system like ours. Hence this new batch of work.
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