An Original By The Orginals is the first group exhibition by The Archivist, a Bangkok-based printing studio specializing in hand-pulled screen prints. This exhibition consists of the studio inviting 12 artists, graphic designers and illustrators that have expertise in various approaches (both emerging to the established) to collaborate and create unique pieces of works through the process of screen printing. This will allow audience to see the artists’ thinking processes layers by layers, the values of creating the work together, developing, experimenting and influences between the printers and the artists.

“An Original by the Originals” features work from 12 Thai artists:-

Santi Lawrachawee, a curator and graphic designer (Practical Design Studio), Tnop Wangsillapakun (TNOP Design), Jirayu Koo, an artist and illustrator, Jackkrit Anantakul (Hello I am JK), Kanitta Meechubot, an illustrator and model maker, Suthipa Kamyam, an artist, illustrator and traveller, Minchaya Chayosumrit (The Archivist), May Waikittipong (Pianissimo Press), Deun Chongmankhong, an artist, photographer, songwriters, Pimm Chongcharoen (Teaspoon Studio), Vuttiphong Mahasamut (Free Typewriter), Jark Jarut

Each artist comes from a different background and experiences various challenges in producing the prints. However, they all display the cleverness and complicated thinking to create the artworks for this exhibition.

Throughout the intricate process of screen printing which a print is individually produced, each piece can vary in even the tiniest detail, whether at a glance it can be indicated or not, the process by all means results in multiple originals which none of them are exactly the same. In the next process, the artist will be given a finished print to create a new piece of art, using any possible techniques to push creative boundaries between the artist and the creative process. Finally, the two pieces will be displayed together to emphasize on the charms and values of the originality that the printers and the artists carefully put into the works.