Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Art Scene in Thailand, Plus the Start of Yankee Imperialism

A Thai artist recently made the news by using the traditional paint on canvas medium, but using her bare breasts as the means of applying the paint.  Unfortunately, the news coverage of her art focused strictly on the process, and not on the end product.  Duangjai Jansauoni's creative process took place on stage while televised and it resulted in strong criticism from the Thai government, who pronounced it 'very shocking.'

One wonders what Siamese king from The King and I would have said.

Will someday we be able to see Duangjai Jansaouni's paints in the Metropolitan or the Museum of Fine Arts or even the National Gallery some day?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161112/Duangjai-Jansauoni-Thailands-Got-Talent-topless-artist-paints-canvas-using-bare-breasts.html#ixzz1yLMdrU7L
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161112/Duangjai-Jansauoni-Thailands-Got-Talent-topless-artist-paints-canvas-using-bare-breasts.html?ito=feeds-newsxml





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In a completely unrelated story, here's a claim of the origins of Yankee imperialism: its anchluss over the Republic of West Florida in 1812.

The Republic of West Florida declared its independence from Spain; and was an independent nation for 74 days before the United States moved in.

Interestingly, the BBC article made no mention of the desire by Spain to reclaim its lost territory.  Maybe that it because they don't have the military and naval assets that Britain did when it reclaimed Canada and the Falklands.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18418696
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    This has piqued my interest in Thai art!

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  2. ClarissaJune 20, 2012 at 5:43 PM

    The video was very amusing.

    Thanks for the snippet of U.S. history.

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  3. MikeJune 20, 2012 at 6:42 PM

    Wikipedia has info on - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Florida_Republic

    As far as the guy in the article using the term 'we', I doubt if any of his ancestors were around then.

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  4. The Bastard King of EnglandJune 20, 2012 at 6:53 PM

    I agree with Mike. Sounds like an historical accident or sideshow, rather thsn a real country,

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  5. RolyJune 21, 2012 at 5:10 AM

    I'd put the paint on her brushes anytime :)

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  6. BilboJune 21, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    And I would be delighted to help her clean them. As to why Spain did not attempt to reclaim West Florida ... would *you* want it? It didn't even include New Orleans, for pete's sake.

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  7. The Bastard King of EnglandJune 21, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    That was a win-win for the artist and the program. The lady judge acted suitable disapproving. You can bet that she knew that was coming!

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  8. bakku-shanJune 28, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    A Thai artist who paints with her tits. How artistic!

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