STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery is pleased to present Déjà vu: Buddha is Hiding, by leading Thai contemporary artist, Natee Utarit. Set to run from 28 September 2024 to 1 December 2024, the exhibition will comprise of over 40 artworks by Utarit, and is curated by John Tung, one of Singapore’s most prominent curators with significant experience curating past editions of S.E.A. Focus (2024) and the Singapore Biennale (2016 and 2019).
This exhibition concludes his Déjà vu series first conceived in 2019, where Utarit imagines Buddha’s hypothetical journey to the West, and explores themes of identity and colonial conditioning, juxtaposing Eastern and Western imagery through innovative print and paper works made in collaboration with STPI.