Alex Face (a.k.a. Patcharapon Tangruen) is one of Thailand’s most respected and prolific street artists. Born in 1981, he is a graduate of the Department of Fine Art at the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in Bangkok. On the surface, Alex Face’s works appear playful and lighthearted, but upon closer inspection, each of his pieces reveals deeper themes. His work often contains commentary on poverty, environment, and the present and future of society. His iconic bunny character, Mardi, was initially inspired by his daughter and represents the feeling of confronting a troubled world as a vulnerable child. See more of Alex Face’s work below.
Alex Face（原名Patcharapon Tangruen）出生于1981年，毕业于曼谷拉卡邦先皇技术学院(King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang)的美术系，是泰国最著名和最多产的街头艺术家之一。初看之下，Alex Face的作品轻松又好玩，但仔细观察后就能发现，他的每件作品都蕴含着更深层次的主题。他经常用作品去探讨一些值得被关注的话题，例如贫穷，环境以及社会的现状和未来发展。他的标志性兔子角色“Mardi”最初就是以女儿为灵感创作的，代表着人们在童年时面对纷扰世界的脆弱性。下面一起来欣赏一下Alex Face的更多作品吧。
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Contributor: George Zhi Zhao
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