Weirdo Me is abstract impressionism meets pop art, or what happens when Pollock and Picasso get hot in a basket of yarn.
There are many art savvy people in the world, and then there are the others – those who appreciate in spite of their ignorance. Popkapi, the Thai painter, caters to both.
The former will notice the depth and contrast of strokes, paints, styles and compositions. The latter will enjoy a surreal back-to-the-future moment of Lichtenstein on acid teaching portrait art to the Mayans while Socrates poses on a pedestal. While Popkapi’s art represents himself, his work fuses man and animal into one symbiotic explosion of nature, nurture and humanity.
Even in a city where chaos is the norm, the Thai artist still manages to attract, dazzle and impress. His work is on show in the one place that could do it true justice: Tepui Lounge at the Chinese House. Catch him where good taste and fine dining collide in the intimate atmosphere of a post-modern opium den, where the classiest of the seven cardinal sins can be indulged confidentially.
WHO: Up-and-coming Thai artist Popkapi
WHAT: Weirdo Me, oil-on-canvas exhibition of self-portraits
WHERE: Chinese House, #45 Sisowath Quay
WHEN: Now through January 29
WHY: Weird faces make for tantalising conversations