Art as a political act
It was with a feeling of nausea and disgust that Chiang Mai-based artist Mit Jai Inn spent one month working on his new series of abstract paintings, now on display and part of the exhibition “Wett” at Gallery Ver at N22 in Bangkok. Mit’s series is entitled “Junta Monochrome” — obviously not for the works themselves — for the art space has exploded with every colour imaginable; rather the title…