Saran Yen Panya's 'CHEAP ASS ELITES' at Gallery Swing
21 December '12 - 15 February '13
Benevento, Italy
Saran Yan Panya productions are characterized by a mix of graphic methodology, narrative dimension and critical analysis. Educated at Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok and at Konstfack Design School in Stockholm, his research interests range from Textile, Fashion, Graphic to Product Design.
In Cheap Ass Elites collection, chairs and stools in limited edition presented for the first time at Konstfack Design School, the social status is symbolized by the materials used in the manufacturing.
Choosing a particular type of object rather than another is also a way to emphasize to be part of a group; Saran Yen Panya “critical design” comes from the observation of this mechanism. The chair, object icon which every designer loves to measure with and at the same time everyday and popular object, becomes ironic metaphor of a divided world aiming for rejoining.
Cheap Ass Elites, 2012 Veduta dell’ installazione presso la Galleria SWING, Benevento / Installation view at SWING Gallery, Benevento Photo: Pasquale Palmieri
Cheap Ass Elites, 2012 Veduta dell’ installazione presso la Galleria SWING, Benevento / Installation view at SWING Gallery, Benevento Photo: Pasquale Palmieri
Cheap Ass Elites, 2012 Veduta dell’ installazione presso la Galleria SWING, Benevento / Installation view at SWING Gallery, Benevento Photo: Pasquale Palmieri
Cheap Ass Elites, 2012 Veduta dell’ installazione presso la Galleria SWING, Benevento / Installation view at SWING Gallery, Benevento Photo: Pasquale Palmieri
Cheap Ass Elites, 2012 Veduta dell’ installazione presso la Galleria SWING, Benevento / Installation view at SWING Gallery, Benevento Photo: Pasquale Palmieri
