Inside a rickety bus, a group of horrified passengers screams for their lives as it barrels down the street. One commuter throws himself on the floor, shielding his head with his arms, while on the other side of the frame, a monk, with only his feet and the bottom of his saffron robe in frame, has thrown himself out the window, trying to escape. The bus driver is the only person oblivious to the imminent disaster. He has both his hands off the steering wheel, and his eyes glued to his smartphone.
一辆摇摇欲坠的公交车在街上疾驶，车上的乘客面露惊恐，争相呼救。一边躺着一名摔在地板上的乘客，正用胳膊护住头；而另一边，有个和尚半个身子挂在窗外，只见他的双脚和藏红色长袍在移动，试图逃出公交车。在这部夺命公车上，只有公交车司机一人还淡定自如，像是没意识到即将发生的灾难，他的双手完全脱离方向盘，目光紧紧锁定在手机屏幕上……
Reckless attitudes of the sort are a recurrent theme in Lampu Kansanoh‘s art. In large and colorful paintings, she portrays the idiosyncrasies of life in Thailand, using comical imagery of ordinary people’s misfortunes as a means of denouncing dishonesty, phoniness, and power imbalances.
“My paintings reflect the humorous behavior of Thai people, who are always so laidback, comfy, and make difficult things seem easy,” she says. “But their behavior can also turn out to be reckless and endanger or affect other people’s lives. I want to turn the stress of everyday life into a joke.”
这些人物是 Lampu Kansanoh 笔下常见的角色，鲁莽大意，罔顾一切。在她的大幅彩色绘画作品中，描绘着充满泰国特色的生活场景，既揭示着普通百姓的各种不幸，又以幽默的方式批判着各种狡猾、虚伪和权力失衡的现象。
“我的画体现了泰国人的幽默感，他们总是那么悠闲自在，令艰难的生活也变得轻松起来。但有时这些行为也会显得过于轻率，从而危害或影响到其他人的生活。”她说道，“我想把人们日常生活里的紧张和压力变成幽默的笑话。”
Kansanoh struggled to find her painting style all the way until her third year in art school. “One day, I looked at a friend’s face and realized I loved his beard and mustache; he didn’t look regular,” she says. From there, she began to use her classmates as subjects, painting them with oversized heads and baby bodies in a way that reflects their unique personalites. “That’s how my caricature style was born.”
Lampu 先前一直不太确定自己的绘画风格，直到进入艺术学校大三那一年。她说：“有一天，我看着我一个朋友的脸，突然意识到我真的很喜欢他的胡须，他的胡须让他看上去显得那么特别。”然后她就开始以她的同学为原型，创作各种头大身小的形象，以此突显每个人的特点和个性。“我的漫画风格就此诞生了。”
Kansanoh grabs people’s attention through the principles of exaggeration. But, unlike most caricaturists, she does not only exaggerate people’s unusual features. Instead, she dials up the intensity of their emotions and reactions, which are often inconsistent with the incidents or situations they face.
There’s a certain level of realism to her characters that gives them relatability. She culls inspiration from across Thailand’s social threads, whether it be a street vendor or a politician, no one escapes her brush strokes. Kansanoh depicts their activities and interpersonal relationships, giving viewers a sense of how diverse and complex Thai society truly is. Her scenes express the harsh tragedies of daily life, but also how people always find a way to cope with the adversities humorously.
不同于其他漫画家，Lampu 虽然通过夸张的风格来吸引观众的目光，但这种夸张并不在于夸大人物的五官，而是加剧人物的情绪和反应，他们所透露的情绪和反应往往与他们所处的情景或事件是不协调的。
她笔下的角色有一定的写实感，令人更易产生共鸣。Lampu 从泰国的各种社交媒体中搜罗灵感，从街头小贩到国家政客，形形色色的人都纳入笔下。Lampu 通过描绘人物的活动和人际关系，让观众一窥真实泰国社会的复杂性和多元化。她所描绘的场景既揭示了人们艰难的日常生活，同时展现了泰国人应对困境时的幽默和乐观。
On various occasions, she depicts selfie-taking characters in unfortunate circumstances, whether it be getting hit by a car, undergoing surgery, or getting busted by the police. It’s her way of lambasting our modern dependency on technology. “Nowadays, we prioritize the world in our smartphones more than the real world,” she says. She also scoffs at the inauthenticity and shallowness of the online world. “We want people to accept what we show online, even if it is bogus. Loneliness has disappeared. But now we can build relationships that last shorter than the life expectancy of a mosquito.”
Her work also resonates politically. Kansanoh often paints the familiar faces of controversial politicians from Thailand and abroad. She refers to them as the “symbols of what’s causing problems in the world.”
在她的许多幅作品中，都曾描绘过一些在不幸中坚持自拍的角色，例如在被车撞倒后自拍，在手术期间自拍，还有在被警察逮捕时自拍。这是她对现代人们过分依赖科技这一现象的抨击。她说：“现在人们把手机里的世界看得比现实世界还重要。”此外，她还批判了网络世界的虚假与肤浅。“人们希望别人点赞自己在网上展示的内容，但这些内容很多都是假的。虽然人们好像不会感到孤独了，可这样建立起人际关系的进展也太过短促，大概还比不上一只蚊子的一生。”
Lampu 也会创作政治相关的作品，她经常描画泰国和国外备受争议的政客，其中不乏一些世界领袖，而她称他们为“在世界上制造麻烦的人。”
When she reflects upon her own country’s history, she notes that corruption today remains the same as in the past, with officials from the top down gathering wealth, power, and privilege, while society’s most vulnerable live in agony. “In Thailand, we have accumulated so many problems over the years. Legal matters, government neglect, corruption. These things never go away. No matter how many years pass, life here remains the same. I’m mocking the suffering of society,” she says.
Her mockery, however, doesn’t take a vicious form. Kansanoh shows strong empathy for people’s suffering. This is perhaps better shown in how she paints their facial expressions, which places emotions like tenderness, contentment, anger, and despair front and center, bringing these human stories to life and making viewers identify with these people’s feelings and plight.
回顾自己国家的历史时，她指出，从过去到现在，泰国社会的腐败程度并无二样，由上至下的政府官员聚敛钱财、滥用权力和特权，而生活在社会底层的人们则困在痛苦之中。“这么多年来，泰国积累了很多的问题：法律问题、政府的无作为和腐败。这些问题永远不会消失。无论过去多少年，这里的生活都一样。我讽刺的是这个社会的苦难。”她说道。
然而，她的讽刺却并无恶意。Lampu 对于人们的苦难深表同情，这一点从她对人物面部表情的描绘中可以看出：通过温柔、满足、愤怒和绝望等情绪，生动地讲述这些普通人的故事，让观众理解他们的感受和困境。
Kansanoh doesn’t believe her paintings can change society or reform politics. With them, she’s merely expressing her discontent with the status quo. Her disillusionment might seem to contradict the surface-level humor of her paintings—some of them are downright hilarious. But if nothing else, she hopes that her paintings can provide her audience with temporary relief. “I hope I can make them relax and forget the suffering for a while,” she says.
Some of Lampu Kansanoh’s paintings are on display as part of the Bangkok Art Biennale, at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre until January 31st, 2021.
Lampu 不认为自己的作品可以真的改变社会或变革政治，她纯粹想通过自己的作品表达对现状的不满。这种对现实的不满似乎与她画中表现的幽默感（当然其中不失纯粹的搞笑）自相矛盾。但是不管如何，她希望自己的画作能够带给观众暂时的轻松，她说：“我希望我能让他们放松一下，暂时忘掉生活里的不幸。”
Lampu Kansanoh 的作品将会参加曼谷双年展于曼谷艺术文化中心隆展出至 2021 年 1 月 31 日，欢迎前往参观。
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Contributors: Tomas Pinheiro, Lucas Tinoco
Chinese Translation: Olivia Li
网站: www.lampukansanoh.com
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供稿人: Tomas Pinheiro, Lucas Tinoco
英译中: Olivia Li
