Problem Wisdom

25 July 1994 The good person thinks, speaks and acts in the same way 26 July 1994 Accept your condition before you follow the society 27 July 1994 Superstition is suffering which comes from unreasonable worries 28 July 1994 Beyond the super-hero are the people who have empty minds 29 July 1994 Speak the truth, be useful, is correct only at the right time 30 July 1994 Do the work by Dhamma 31 July 1994 The promise is in the doing not in the word 1August 1994 We should support technology only to create, not to create problems 2 August 1994 Nature has balance in itself 3August 1994 Some things you can protect but not fix 4 August 1994 The language changes, the culture changes 5August 1994 Good luck comes from a combination of good reasons 6August 1994 The key to solve the problem is Dhamma commandments, meditation and wisdom 7 August 1994 The taproot of culture is the truth of nature 8August 1994 From small stories we are able to understand big stories 9 August 1994 The value of food is in its use for health, not in its look, taste or high price 10 August 1994 Selfishness is the big trap, the first thing to get rid of 11 August 1994 To be a businessman is not wrong unless you lie that you are not a businessman 12 August 1994 Nature is the real mother 13 August 1994 Live according to your circumstances, not your passion 14 August 1994 To know when we should stop, that is the right beginning Further Reading Atimana, Uthit. Normal & Nature by Kamin Lertchaiprasert [exhibition catalogue]. Tadu Contemporary Art, Bangkok, 1997. Lertchaiprasert, Kamin. Niras Thailand [exhibition catalogue]. The Art Gallery of the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakom University, Bangkok, 1992. Lertchaiprasert, Kamin. ABC [exhibition catalogue]. British Council, Bangkok, 1995. Poshyananda, Apinan. Modern Art in Thailand. Oxford University Press, 1992. Rodboon, Sompom. 'Kamin Lertchaiprasert'. The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial ofContemporary Art [exhibition catalogue]. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 1996, p. 88. Cover illustration: 2 January 1994 Take care of small things and big things will be perfect Centre spread illustration: Kamin LERTCHAIPRASERT Thailand b. I964 detail, Problem - -Wisdom 1993- 95 Papier mache (from recycled Thai newspapers) 366 pieces: average height 14cm (each); 1400 x 200cm (installed, variable) 1996.214.1-366 Purchased 1996 Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 14 QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY IN FOCUS Queensland Art Gallery Queensland Cultural Centre South Bank South Brisbane Qld Australia 4101 © Queensland Art Gallery 1998 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Giakoumi, Dionissia Kamin Lertchaiprase1t: Problem - Wisdom. Bibliography. ISBN: 1 876509 18 X. 1. Khiimin La:tchaiprasret. 2. Khiimin La:tchaiprasret - Exhibitions. 3. Artists - Thailand - Biography. I. Khiimin La:tchaiprasret. II. Raffel, Suhanya, 1962- . III. Queensland Art Gallery. IV Title. (Series : Queensland Art Gallery in focus). 709.2 Produced in association with the installation 'Problem-Wisdom', curated by Dionissia Giakoumi and Suhanya Raffel, Queensland Art Gallery, 26 September- 29 November 1998. The English translation and interpretation of Problem - Wisdom is based on research undertaken by Dionissia Giakoumi in collaboration with Kamin Lertchaipt.isert and Robyn Ziebell. Thai Language Services provided assistance with the n·anslation of specific inscriptions. Design Manager: Elliott Murray Designer: Brett Geoghegan Editor: Jennifer Webb Photography: Kamin Lertchaiprasert, Ray Fulton For further information on this series and a complete list of publication titles, please contact: QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY GALLERY STORE PO Box 3686 South Brisbane Queensland 410I Australia Tel: 61 (0) 7 3840 7290 Fax: 61 (0) 7 3840 il49 E-mail: GalleryStore@qcc.qld.gov.au