APICHATPONG WEERASETAHKUL. Fiction

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL. Fiction
26.06.2018 - 31.07.2018
Opening: 26.06.2018

The Galería Elba Benítez is pleased to announce the coming exhibition of work by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the highly-acclaimed Thai film-maker and visual artista, opening June 26th.

Entitled Fiction the exhibition will present works in various media that will offer an overview of the artist’s nuanced and multifaceted practice. Works on view will include a series of collage-based prints and sketches that explore a porously liminal zone between fact and fiction; a new video installation, created specifically for the gallery, that overlays human and photographic perceptions of reality; and a set of short videos that display the artist’s oneiric artistic vision.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand, 1970) has developed a lyrical and innovative cinematic technique that is rooted in the cultural traditions and social issues of his native Thailand and yet fully inscribed in the ongoing history of avant-garde film. While fundamentally a story-teller, Apichatpong’s narratives are often fractured and non-linear, moving freely within a realm of memories, dreams, spirits and time-travel. In addition to his films, Apichatpong has developed a parallel practice as a visual artist, with installations, photographs, performances and mixed-media works having been exhibited at museums and contemporary art events around the world. San Lorenzo, 11 - 28004 Madrid +34 91 308 0468 info@elbabenitez.com elbabenitez.com

Apichatpong has had solo exhibitions at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art (2018), the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) (Vilnius, 2018); the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) (Manila, 2017); Volksbühne (Berlin, 2017); the Sullivan Galleries of the Art, Institute of Chicago (2017); Tate Modern (London, 2016); Para Site (Hong Kong, 2016); Top Museum (Tokyo, 2016); Asian Arts Theatre (Gwangju, 2015); HangarBicocca (Milan, 2013); the Stenersen Museum (Oslo, 2012); the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin, 2011); the New Museum (New York, 2011); Haus der Kunst (Munich, 2009) and the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris (2009).

His work has been included in numerous biennials and art events, including the 11th Sharjah Biennial (2013), where it received the Sharjah Biennial Prize; dOCUMENTA 13 (2012); the 3rd Guangzhou Triennial (2008); the 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT5) (2006); and the Taipei Biennial 2004. His films have achieved widespread recognition and critical acclaim, and have twice been awarded prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Palme d’Or in 2010. He has also been awarded the Fukuoka Prize (2013) and the Yanghyun Art Prize (2014.) His work forms part of collections at museums such as the Tate Modern (London), MoMA (New York), Busan Museum of Art or the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Fiction is organized in conjunction with the Anthony Reynolds Gallery of London.