Solo Exhibition Art Centre Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
"Mongkut" puts one of Thailand’s cherished symbolic forms at the axis of his inquiry. Rungjang’s research recalls Franco-Thai relations during the parallel reigns of King Rama IV (1851–68) and Napoleon III (1852–70), a period marked by the expansion of the European colonial enterprise in much of the geographic region known today as Southeast Asia. On June 27, 1861 the second replica was offered to Napoleon III by the Siamese ambassador at the Château de Fontainebleau.
In the video installation and sculpture Mongkut, Rungjang uses the present as a context for reopening a little-known history concerning Siam’s relative sovereignty.
The exhibition was held at The Jeu de Paume, the Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz and The CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporarain de Bordeaux, France in 2015 and Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery @KCUA, Japan, in 2017.
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