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ALEX FACE - PATCHARAPOL TANGRUEN
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(b. 1981)
MEMORY HOUSE
2018/2561
Wood and fiber
470 X 280 X 280 cm
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Alex Face, whose real name is Patcharapol Tangruen, was born in 1981. He
gained national and international fame through his creation of the character,
a three-eyed girl in a bunny suit, inspired by his daughter,
##02#0>%0#N/!2!1"222> Bangkok overlooked realities.
Biennale 2020 ?P 0C"RN#?"#CO 522#O3N#0N0R" (Bank of Thailand Learning
Center) @P #1Q 1Q NO2#2#O22##R%2#N/!15%B!N Souled Out Studios (SOS)
%>222>?P#>N#>P!N51QO%0ÿ22?P#BN/ 1QON .0. 2546 (Thailand, Bank of Thailand Learning Center. This artwork was a collaborative creation
United Kingdom, South Africa) !? 0> % > 3%2" ON Q %2B ?P O 2Q with the Souled Out Studios (SOS) group, an international collective of artists
Bangkok Biennale 2!2>#05O/" 5N%O N ?1/#R O> #>N %C12 R#R based in Bangkok since 2003. The group includes artists from Thailand, the
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20O5/2!#ÿ25O2/1"NO5 Alex Face AQ?PO2/O2/250Q3O Biennale included Alex Face, Beejoir, Candice Tripp, Lucas Price, and MUEBON.
NO2R5"CNO2QRO P" 2"Q#05O/"%2>###! ?PC@2#ÿ2%2"/11# The installation featured an old wooden house, reflecting the memory from
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Childhood of Alex Face, containing a large sculpture of Nong Mardi, spacious
enough for people to enter. The interior contains the artwork that addressed
the degradation of the Chao Phraya River9s ecosystem.
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