Matdot Art Center
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Matdot Art Center

  • Art | Galleries
  • Rattanakosin
Camilla Russell
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Time Out says

What is it? Located in the heart of Old Bangkok, Matdot Art Center is a contemporary exhibition space and residency for international artists.  Whereas the area has an Old World European charm, Matdot is the revolutionary spirit shaking up the historic identity of the neighborhood.

Why we love it: The art center is the brainchild of Tawatchai Somkong, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Magazine. Visitors have the opportunity to meet the artists-in-residence in person, a refreshing first in Bangkok, and to unwind in a non-commercial setting with like-minded individuals. This is the place to go when you are looking for mental stimulation and discourse on art for art’s sake. No painting by numbers here!

Time Out tip: Join an opening night to immerse yourself in a colourful group of guests, or go solo to meet a resident artist who may invite you to their studio and chat about the creative life over a cup of coffee.

Opening hours: Matdot Art Center, Monday to Sunday 10am-6pm. 47 Lan Luang Rd, Wat Sommanat, Bangkok 10100

Details

Address
47 Lan Luang Rd, Wat Sommanat, Pom Prap Sattru Phai
Bangkok
10100
Opening hours:
Open Daily 10am-6pm

What’s on

In Another Space

In Another Space feels like a whispered conversation between two minds entwined yet distinct, a dialogue painted across canvases that echo shared dreams and quietly entwined lives. Sadaf and R.M. Naeem trace motifs that ripple through their work – nature, memory and identity – each brushstroke conjuring connection and divergence. Rooted in their Pakistani heritage yet unbound by it, the pair embrace disruption as a kind of freedom. R.M. Naeem’s self-description as ‘international citizens of the world’ isn’t empty rhetoric but a call to rethink belonging beyond borders and history. Their paintings unfold like a ritual – Sadaf’s canvases pulse with foliage caught in rain, while R.M. opens the sky, sunlight piercing through. Together they map a landscape where heritage yields to selfhood and possibility dawns anew. Until August 31. Free. MATDOT Art Centre, 10am-6pm

Tree of Life

Sculpted from wood and shaped by scientific observation, Peerapong biomorphic forms straddle the line between relic and warning, tangled in the quiet grief of ecological collapse. These aren’t merely artworks; they are elegies for forests cleared, rivers choked, soil stripped bare. Deforestation, monoculture, pollution – they seep through the grain like ghosts. Originally rooted in Northern Thailand, the sculptures have been lifted from earth to concrete, now standing uneasily within the sterile geometry of a gallery. They appear both sacred and displaced – like offerings misplaced on the wrong altar. The installation turns the white cube into a kind of greenhouse, less for growth than reflection. What does it mean, they seem to ask, when nature must be framed to be noticed at all? Until August 31. Free. MATDOT Art Centre, 10am-6pm
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