Bangkok, Anytime. is a celebration of the street iconography in the Thai capital Bangkok through the eyes of its resident artist Daniel Monfort Gil. Monfort, born in Barcelona, reinterpreted the glass paintings of 20th century Spanish modernists to reflect the urban life of Bangkok, where he has made home since 2009. The characters in Monfort's paintings contemporary people, the kinds of characters you might see on the street, in the underground or around any corner. Each of the characters he paints is looking for someone or something; they are charting their own path through life and, in some cases, they may be a little bit lost. How many times have you sat down next to a stranger or someone on the bus who has something in common with you? Have you ever speculated what that person's life is like? In his paintings, he invite viewers to create their own plots for these characters. As each different viewer imagines a future for each painted character, there may be contradictions, points of agreement and areas of conflict -- and so the paintings share something of the content of our lives as we move within a universe of stories. About Painting on Glass: The technique of painting on glass involves drawing on the inner surface of a glass sheet. As the end result is seen from the other side of the glass, the completed art work is viewed in the reverse and the process requires the artist to layer colors in the opposite order to traditional painting methods; details and shading are painted first.
- Hardcover: 72 pages
- Publisher: May 2014
- ISBN: 9781932476699
- Size: 9 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
- Weight: 1.1 pounds