Fly with Me to Another World2000-01The Gift of HopeMuseum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Part of a group show based around the concept of gifts, the curator interpreted the generational support between Inson Wongsam, Navin, and the young Thai scooter artists as being a “gift”. In addition to the billboard painting, fibreglass scooter model and the Fly with Me to Another […]
Fly with Me to Another world2000Summer ShowLaura Pecci Gallery, Milan, Italy For a group show at Laura Pecci Gallery in Milan, the replica sculpture of young Inson on his faithful Lambretta scooter was presented at a young gallery in Milan. Connected to the project at Le Consortium in Dijon, the two young artists from Chiang Mai joined Navin to build […]
Fly with Me to Another World2000Fuori Uso 2000 (The Bridges) Art on the Highway, Piazza Unione, Pescara, Italy In the same Italian town that Navin brought the ill-fated (police confiscated) scooter, an international group show was held under a highway in an outdoor public setting. The project included a temporary cardboard shelter which dressed up to resemble […]
Fly with Me to Another World2000Le Consortium, Dijon, France Almost identical to the award winning presentation at Art Basel but with a bigger space allocation, the project invited two young Thai artists from a Chiang Mai scooter gang to attend. Navin purchased a Lambretta scooter in Italy with the intention of his two protégés to ride the […]
Fly with Me to Another World2000Satani Gallery, Art Statements, 31st Art Basel, Switzerland Invited to exhibit in the Art Statements section of Art Basel, Navin Rawanchaikul went with the Japanese gallery Satani and ended up winning the prestigiousBaloise Art Prize that year. It was the first time he presented a three-part installation for this project, showing a series […]
Shakespeare in Taxi2000-01Facts of Life, Contemporary Japanese Art, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 2000As it is, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK, 2001 Exhibited at two UK exhibitions in the space of a year, the custom painted black cab was supported by a two-volume comic book based upon the life of a Birmingham taxi driver. Playfully incorporating time travelling theatrics by William Shakespeare, the romantic tale […]
Same Same but Over the Edge2000Over the EdgesStedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K), Ghent, Belgium This outdoor art project invited artists to put artworks on the streets while Navin Production operated a mobile gallery. This was the first time that the taxi concept was diversified by painting the entire exterior shell of a public taxi with scenes taken from […]
Taximan Returns Tokyo2000Game OverWatari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan As a part of the group exhibition Game Over, a small transit passenger van was decorated into a Taximan shuttle bus that the public could ride between the three venues participating in the exhibition. Inside the gallery venue, a comic booth was set up where visitors could read and buy the 10-volume Taximan comics and […]
Taximan2000About Studio / About Cafe, Bangkok, Thailand A solo exhibition at Bangkok’s alternative art space and cafe located in Chinatown, 10 cars were dissected and the interior roofs painted with mural scenes adapted from a corresponding 10-volume Taximan comic series. The cab roofs were suspended from the ground floor gallery ceiling, while upstairs visitors were invited to post their thoughts on […]
Taximan2000Navin RawanchaikulNavin Gallery Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand Organised alongside Navin Rawanchaikul’s solo exhibition at About Studio / About Café, in which an installation of dissected taxi roofs were presented with the Taximan comic series, Navin’s Taxi Gallery also presented a mobile version in the Bangkok traffic. A colourful mural with the Taximan theme was installed as the interior roof of Navin Gallery Bangkok […]