Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath

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Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath

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Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath offers an expansive and generously illustrated response to the artist’s multifaceted practice, with contributions from artists, curators and scholars. Alongside critical examinations of Araya’s practice in relation to Buddhist thought and global contemporary art histories, the book also studies her significant contributions to art education in Thailand and reveals her enduring impact across Southeast Asia and beyond.

For over 45 years, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s art has lamented the tragedy and suffering of existence, while also cherishing the precious nourishment presented by her life’s companions: grief, dogs, literature, flowers, memories, and a relentlessly mercurial, mischievous mirth. Araya’s whimsical yet sombre artworks invite us to dwell on immense philosophical questions. What is the purpose of art? What does it mean to be human? She obliquely quips: “I don’t need to spell out everything that I feel, do I?”

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath includes contributions by Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Heman Chong, Lawrence Chua, Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Ruba Katrib, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Kittima Chareeprasit, Luckana Kunavichayanont, Lucas Morin, Roger Nelson, Grace Samboh, and Sayan Daengklom.

Dimensions: 16.5 × 23.2 × 2.7 cm
Weight: 0.48 kg
Pages: 162 pages
Publisher: Art Jameel, MAIIAM and Press Works
ISBN: 9788197050671
Published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Bangalore, India
Published in 2026
Binding type: Paperback

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Art Jameel is an organisation that supports artists and creative communities. Current initiatives include running heritage institutes and restoration programmes, plus a broad range of arts and educational initiatives for all ages. The organisation’s programmes foster the role of the arts in building open, connected communities; at a time of flux and dramatic societal shifts, this role is understood as more crucial than ever.

MAIIAM is a newly opened private museum of Contemporary Art in Northern Thailand, initiated by Jean Michel Beurdeley and his late wife Patrsi Bunnag, together with their son Eric Bunnag Booth. Built in memory of Eric Bunnag Booth’s Great Great Aunt Chao Chom Iam, a royal consort to King Rama V, the museum houses the family’s private collection, gathered together over the last 30 years.

Art Jameel is an organisation that supports artists and creative communities. Current initiatives include running heritage institutes and restoration programmes, plus a broad range of arts and educational initiatives for all ages. The organisation’s programmes foster the role of the arts in building open, connected communities; at a time of flux and dramatic societal shifts, this role is understood as more crucial than ever.

MAIIAM is a newly opened private museum of Contemporary Art in Northern Thailand, initiated by Jean Michel Beurdeley and his late wife Patrsi Bunnag, together with their son Eric Bunnag Booth. Built in memory of Eric Bunnag Booth’s Great Great Aunt Chao Chom Iam, a royal consort to King Rama V, the museum houses the family’s private collection, gathered together over the last 30 years.

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