When is a Collage not a Collage?
When it is a Cornellage, of course!
Collages by Cornelis Hoek are the subject of a most unusual exhibition opening at 116 Art Gallery, Chiang Mai, on September 5th.
Using scissors rather than a paint brush to create his art, the multi-talented Cornelis brings together pictures of buildings in a variety of imaginative ways.
A Dutch expat now resident in Chiang Rai, Cornelis was an operatic tenor soloist for many years, and later became the first concert director to take Chinese classical dance to Europe. As a weaver he has produced over 250 fine tapestries.
The 116 Gallery is at 94-120 Charoen Muang Road, Chiang Mai, where gallery director Khun Pool Nganpeerapong is becoming a collage artist in his own right, having created an amazing likeness of Cornelis himself to promote the show.
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The exhibition has drawn so much interest, the gallery have extended it to October 10th. Unsold work will then be exhibited in Bangkok and later overseas.
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