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  Museum of Contemporary Art

 

Thailand

 

 

MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok's Chatuchak district, is one of the largest contemporary art museums in Asia (fig.).

 

  Museum of Contemporary Art

 

It comprises an area of around ​​20,000 square meters and features works of art collected by its founder Boonchai Bencharongkul (บุญชัย เบญจรงคกุล). Approximately half of the museum's area is allocated to the personal collection of its founder, exhibiting some +800 pieces of art which he gradually collected over three decades. These include several works of Chalermchai Kohsitphiphat (เฉลิมชัย โฆษิตพิพัฒน์), a renowned artist known for the use of Buddhist imagery (fig.).

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