Navin’s Sala2008The River Promenade, Bangkok, Thailand Navin’s Sala is the much anticipated monograph and is the result of collaborations with more than 30 international contributors, who share their interests and provide multi-angled insights into the artist’s oeuvre. Navin and his collaborators celebrated the official launch of this unique publication with a blast of party along with Navin’s first ever retrospective […]
NAVINSCOPE: Dim Sum Rider2008Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong, China Parodying Hong Kong’s iconic films, this series of Navin Production signature paintings involved navigating real and imagined territories – cultural, political and social. A set of poster-sized paintings and one billboard, feature portraits of local art luminaries, exploring boundaries between private and public domains, and in the arena of self-identity, […]
Hong Rub Khaek2008The Ethics of EncounterSoulflower Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand Dealing with the artist’s background, an interview video piece was created for this group exhibition of Thai and Indian artists. Featuring seven elderly Non-resident Indians (NRI) and People of Indian origin (PIO) who now reside in Chiang Mai, Navin Rawanchaikul posed questions to them in response to their […]
Do You Need A Museum?2008Traces of Siamese Smile: Art+Faith+Politics+LoveBangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand As the inaugural exhibition of the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, the Bangkok version of Super(m)art project (2004) is included in a large scale international exhibition curated by Dr. Apinan Posayananda, Director of the Office of Contemporary Art & Culture. The large Bangkok Survivors painting […]
Imagine Nabin2008Platform Seoul 2008Seoul, South Korea Imagine Nabin begins with the journey of the Navin Party Chairman visiting Seoul to see his best friend Pandit who is depressed after breaking up with his Korean lover. Along the way Navin encounters Nabin, a young Korean woman who is an old friend of Pandit from when they were students in […]
Narvin’s Party2008Prospect.1New Orleans, USA Misspelled as “Navin” when searched on the Internet, the late “Narvin” Kimball is the Navin Party’s grandfather and a legend of New Orleans Jazz. Born in New Orleans in 1909, Kimball lived his life a consummate professional, taking pride in everything he did. Although his mother set him on course to become doctor, in […]
Navins of Bollywood2007Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand Tang Contemporary Art’s darkened interior functioned as a pseudo movie theatre with a small partitioned viewing room set up with casual floor cushions for viewing Navins of Bollywood. The rest of the gallery supported the screening room with 14-frames from the Navins of Bollywood Diary combining still photographs and the artist’s […]
YOKOSO! Navin Party2007Show Me ThaiMuseum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan A part of the Show Me Thai exhibition to commemorate 120 years of diplomat relationship between Thailand and Japan, Navin Party gained official endorsement with the official signing of a joint declaration of support by the both countries. A signed agreement between Thai Ministry of Culture’s Director-General for the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, […]
9th Navin Party Summit2007Charm and ChasmTang Contemporary Art, Beijing, Chin Early in August 2007 Navins and Friends of the Navin Party gathered from around the world for the 9th Navin Party Congress in Beijing. For the occasion the Navin Party published their first book, Quotations from Comrade Navin. A one hundred and twenty-eight page collection of Navin’s thoughts, the volume outlines the purpose of the […]
Na(v)in Party Seoul2007TomorrowKumho Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea As part of the international exhibition Tomorrow for the 1st Platform Seoul organised by SAMUSO, the Navin Party set up a presentation center at Kumho Museum of Art in Seoul. At the entrance to the theatrical space, audiences were greeted with a neon sign “Who is Nabin” written in Korean (a language that uses “b” instead of […]