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	Thailand Rimping Art Gallery on the River Ping in ChaingMai home Gallery I Gallery II Gallery III resume upcoming past connections


	Back wall doorway to backyard


	The Rimping gallery in ChangMai Thailand was situated across the road from the river Ping. In 1997 I had a Solo Exhibition in the Gallery which consisted of two rooms. The building had a Rap around terrace That is where the Thai version of the performance of "Moment of Creation" took place. The weather was hot at that time of the year only weeks before the monsoon season. The air was dry and sometimes rather dusty. I was enchanted by the Thai culture and I loved the food. The people in ChaingMai had a particular sense of beauty that I never have experienced again. Partly because artists are regarded as special people and given a great deal of respect. Suwat was the owner of the gallery an artist himself (painter) , was in contact with most of the Faculty of Fine Arts at ChiangMai University. He was a pretty kool Dude who looked more like a Rock and Roll star than a gallery owner. He was married to a Dutch women who owns The River Café just across the road.


	I spent a lot of time at the Gallery during my stay in Thailand. The gallery was a two story house with a very large parking lot before it. This parking lot was used exclusively for the customers at the River café and the gallery visitors. So the Gallery was set back from the road. Like an oasis in the middle of a busy city. You only had to cross the bridge on the river Ping to be smack in the middle of the wildness of the 24 hour market place. Green was everywhere outside each window and door. Lush fresh scents of the grass and flowers intoxicated everyone. Along with the occasional smell of the burning garbage. The light was sharp and intense. The air filled life with enchantment. Thank you Tomas van Ness for all of what Thailand gave me.