APT9/ Artist Stories: Jakkai Siributr highlights his family history

DELVE DEEPER into APT9 blog.qagoma.ql... SUBSCRIBE to be the first to go behind-the-scenes/ Jakkai Siributr’s fascination with textiles and embroidery began as a child in Bangkok and led to studies in textile design in the United States before returning to Thailand. Siributr is known primarily for his textile and embroidery works, and his installations increasingly offer an element of audience participation, recently the artist has begun to engage with intersections between personal and regional histories. 18/28: The Singhaseni Tapestries centres around the connections between the artist’s family and political history in Thailand.
At the heart of the project is a homage to the Siributrs mother, whose five dresses are embroidered with scenes from family and news photographs. These connect with passages from her diaries that can be heard within the suspended tapestries, made from hand stitched fabrics acquired from seven aunts on his maternal side.
Siributr’s mother was from the ancient Thai house of Singhaseni and 18/28 is the address of the compound where Siributr’s great grandmother took in the wife and seven daughters of Chit Singhaseni, a royal page/gentleman of the bedchamber who was implicated and executed over the mysterious death in 1946 of the Thai monarch King Rama VIII.
Siributr’s art advocates for recognition of the complexities underlying official narratives and that of the social and personal lives that often go unacknowledged.
Jakkai Siributr, Thailand b.1969 / 18/28: The Singhaseni Tapestries 2017-18 / Cotton, silk, synthetic fabric, embroidery, found fabrics, disassembled garments, luggage trunks, sound / Purchased 2018. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Jakkai Siributr
Exclusive to QAGOMA, the latest chapter in the Gallery’s flagship exhibition series 'The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' includes new and recent work by more than 80 emerging and established artists and collectives from more than 30 countries. APT presents a wonderful opportunity for visual artists from across Australia and the Asia Pacific to collaborate and share works that are a powerful expression of their cultures and experiences.
Free, and curated for audiences of all ages, 'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT9) is presented across both the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA).
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The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) / Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia / 24 Nov 2018 - 28 Apr 2019
APT9 has been assisted by our Founding Supporter Queensland Government and Principal Partner the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
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