Love Whispers from a Mayan Taxi Title: Love Whispers from a Mayan TaxiYear: 2006Illustrator: Suriya KhamfooVolume: 1Page: 72Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Love Whispers from a Mayan Taxi This bumper blockbuster stars prominent Bangkok-based art collector Jean-Michel Beurdeley as the adventurous Indiana Jean. The epic begins in 1970s Paris at a ball hosted by the Thai Embassy. Guest Jean-Michel, a […]
Lost in the City Title: Lost in the CityYear: 2006Illustrator: Nikorn StudioVolume: 4Page: 48 / volumePublisher: Thai Silk Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Lost in the City Weaving history together with fantasy this 4-volume story recounts the remarkable life of American Jim Thompson. Thailand’s best-known foreign resident and a legend in his lifetime, he was responsible for reviving the fortunes of Thailand’s ailing […]
Paradise in Anyang Title: Paradise in AnyangYear: 2005Illustrator: Nikorn StudioVolume: 1Page: 64Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Paradise Sala A story of forbidden love, Paradise in Anyang begins with our hero Pandit, a Thai Ph.D. student in Hawaii getting drunk with his Korean friend Raymond. Flying in from Korea, Raymond’s sweetheart Oh Hwan Hee is a painter researching the notion of paradise. Feeling […]
Life on Board Title: Life on BoardYear: 2005Illustrator: Nikorn StudioVolume: 1Page: 32Publisher: UnpublishedRelated Exhibition/Project: Life on Board Life on Board comic is an extension of a series of short documentary film and TV commercials presenting unscripted conversations reflecting the richness of life through various experiences. Navin Rawanchaikul was asked to be on board with the V50 model. Accompanied by his collaborative friend Pandit Chanrochanakit, they […]
Fly with Me to Another World (Vol.2) Title: Fly with Me to Another World (Vol.2)Year: 2005Page: 96 (Softcover)Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Fly with Me to Another World Fly with Me to Another WorldAn artist embarks on his own journey to retrace the legend of his predecessor Inson Wongsam. Judging from their covers, the two volumes in Navin […]
(M)ART CIRCUS Title: (M)ART CIRCUSYear: 2005Illustrator: Nikorn StudioVolume: 5 plus List of Appearing Characters insert in a PackagePage: 24 (Vol. 1-4), 32 (Vol. 5)Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Super(m)art @ Yokohama A five-volume series (M)art Circus begins in the year 2055 with Old Navin retired and drunk in Chiang Mai. He is invited to Yokohama to be on the selection committee […]
SUPER(M)ART Title: SUPER(M)ARTYear: 2002Illustrator: Navin ProductionVolume: 1Page: 8Publisher: Agnes b. and Hans-Ulrich ObristRelated Exhibition/Project: SUPER(M)ART Published under point d’ ironie as a free tabloid art paper, 81 year old Navin is a poor alcoholic artist living in the mountains of Chiang Mai in the year 2052. He wins the lottery and decides to travel to Paris to see the place that first made […]
Yokohama Sala newspaper Title: Yokohama Sala newspaperYear: 2001Volume: 5Page: 4Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Yokohama Sala A Thai sala, or open-sided pavilion, was imported to Yokohama to serve as an imaginative train station and artist’s publication, the Yokohama Sala. Published for the inauguration of Yokohama Triennale in Japan, a series of five custom-made free Yokohama Sala newspapers were part of Navin Rawanchaikul’s community-based project that involved […]
Shakespeare in Taxi II Title: Shakespeare in Taxi IIYear: 2001Illustrator: Navin ProductionVolume: 1Page: 24Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: Shakespeare in Taxi In this sequel, Navin is preoccupied by the trappings of being a successful artist and neglecting his wife Toshiko who is now expecting their first child. He returns home to Fukuoka only to find Toshiko has packed her bags […]
I Love Taxi Title: I Love TaxiYear: 2001Illustrator: Navin ProductionVolume: 1Page: 48Publisher: Navin Production Co., Ltd.Related Exhibition/Project: I Love Taxi This extraterrestrial tale opens with a poem floating into the window of philosophical robot/alien Taximan’s Taxi Planet. It is from Warrior Hack, a mysterious taxi-poet from New York City. Discovering what New York is through his computer terminal, he sets off […]