Bangkok artist Kathy MacLeod recently wrapped an exhibition of her “Bangkok Field Guide,” a visual guide to the Thai capital’s weird and wonderful – and to us living here – commonplace.
In the classic style of a medieval bestiary, MacLeod has published some fine examples of the people, Thai and foreign alike, we’ve all come to know or resemble, and was kind enough to share some of them with us.
‘Kinfolk magazine-reading hipsters’
‘The Silom massage boy’
‘The nervous-looking fourteen year old Eastern European model who’s been flown in to stand motionless in front of a luxury store for its grand opening.’
‘Toms and dees’
‘The university student (fantasy vs. reality)’
‘The classic sexpat’
‘… The party girl who really wants to get up onstage at the go-go bar’
‘The NGO worker and the journalist. You can find them having earnestly heated political conversations at some house party in Ari.’
‘The disillusioned Caucasian female who’s really fed up with the Bangkok dating scene and is probably going to move somewhere else where the sad fact is she probably WILL be happier. I guess in the meantime you can find her at Wong’s’
The “Bangkok Field Guide” is available on Etsy.
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