Bangkok, Thailand, December 30, 2021 / TRAVELINDEX / To offer its guests a truly exceptional experience during this year's festive season, the Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel, in collaboration with Bangkok-based art gallery Joyman, has curated a visually stunning contemporary art exhibition. The exhibition, "Quantum Kawaii," running from December 9, 2021, to January 31, 2022, explores the concept of beauty in the 21st century from the artistic perspective of five Thailand-based artists working with a variety of media – from digital painting and 3D animation to manga.

The exhibition doesn't focus on sophisticated or conceptual art, but aims to appeal to a broader audience while raising important questions about life in our highly digitized society. Fans of Japanese manga will immediately recognize the kawaii references, while tech enthusiasts will be fascinated by the creative use of VR, holograms, and other technologies.

“In the internet age, where ideas and trends – whether memes, cryptocurrencies, augmented reality or photo filters – spread at lightning speed, certain aesthetic values ​​become commonplace worldwide,” says Bancha Wongchotiwat, Chief Curator of the Joyman Gallery. “With this unique exhibition at the Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel, we wanted to give hotel guests, restaurant patrons and art lovers the opportunity to discover this globalized concept of beauty at the intersection of the digital and quantum ages.”

In the main exhibition area of ​​the lobby on the 11th floor, visitors will find a psychedelic motion collage on connected screens by Tyler James Bangkok, an American artist living and working in Asia. Also on display is an impressive virtual reality painting on VR headset by award-winning Thai artist Ayino Verapong Sritrakulkitjakarn; a work by Tarntara Sudaduang, a young Thai artist inspired by the cutest animals on Earth, whose images are taken from space; a pop-art-style sculpture by Bobby Leash, who expresses his love of Japanese manga and video games in his distinctive work; and a dramatic, angular sculpture by MaMaMiya reminiscent of origami.

Art lovers can view these works from December 9, 2021 to January 31, 2022 in the lobby on level 11 of the Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel. Admission is free.