IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE FRUITS OF REAL PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO SACRIFICE THE THINGS THAT INHIBITS OR STOPS SUCH A PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT. NAMELY OUR ATTACHMENT TO CONCEPTS. IT IS ALL ABOUT OUR ATTACHMENT TO CONCEPTS AND THE WAY THAT WE BELIEVE IN THEM. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE BEST CONCEPTS POSSIBLE, AND TO SEE THE WAY THAT IT IS MOST APPROPRIATE TO ATTACH AND EVEN NOT TO ATTACH TO THEM. THE ART OF LIFE, SO TO SPEAK, SHOULD BE IMPORTED INTO GLOBAL WORLD SOCIETY.

WE ALL KNOW THAT DREAMS ARE GOOD AND THAT THE BEST OF VISIONS ARE SACRED IN A WAY, AND YET WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE THINGS THAT WE DREAM OF, SIMPLY BECAUSE OF NATURE ITSELF, BECAUSE OF THE PERPETUAL REPRODUCTION OF ATOMS AND GENES AND BABIES AND THOUGHTS AND OF PEOPLE WITH PRIDE AND POWER AND OF CONCEPTS AND ATTACHMENTS AND ALL KINDS OF HUMAN DESIRE AND BECAUSE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND HURRICANES AND ALL THAT. BUT AWARENESS IS NONE THE LESS SO IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THE SPACE OF AWARENESS AND REFLECTION, EVEN IN THE NOISE AND POLLUTION - IN THE WIDE SENSE OF THESE WORDS - OF MODERN DAY SOCIETY.

ART IS ATTITUDE AND STRATEGY, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN THIS MANIFEST ITSELF IN ALL KINDS OF SINGULAR WORKS OF ART, THROUGH HISTORY. NOW I THINK IT IS TIME TO SEE THIS MANIFEST ITSELF WITHIN SOCIETY AND HUMANITY AS A WHOLE. ART AS ATTITUDE AND STRATEGY, AS ONE OF THE TOOLS WE NEED FOR IMPROVING GLOBAL WORLD SOCIETY. ART, AS ATTITUDE AND STRATEGY, AS A VEHICLE FOR IMPROVING THE WORLD AND MANKIND.

WITH WARM REGARDS AND HAPPY THANKS TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF THAILAND FOR ACCEPTING ME INTO THEIR EXHIBITION PROGRAM. WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND TO FORMER DIRECTOR KHUN PATCHANEE CHANDRASAKHA AND TO KHUN ALONGKORN CHANSUK. SPECIAL THANKS ALSO TO THE ROYAL NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN BANGKOK, AND TO NABROAD, NORWEGIAN ARTISTS ABROAD.

CHRISTIAN WOLTHER
BANGKOK, DECEMBER 2010.