Femspec special feature

Skydancers and Other Mystiques: Works by Skowmon Hastanan By Susan Morgan
Batya and Li Weinbaum, and Daniel Hill talk with Kartika Thailand-born artist Skowmon Hastanan works in New York Ciy creating socially progressive art with Himalayan religious imagery. She incorporates sexualized images of Thai women, transforming prostitutes into deities.

Skowmon’s paintings

Chitipati, 2010, graphite, aquarelle pencil, acrylic, and newspaper cutouts, on Saint Armand Innes paper, 24" x 18"
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by Skowmon Hastanan
(FS Issue 11.1)

Golden Moon, 2006, mixed media collage on kraft paper, 9" x 12"
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by Skowmon Hastanan
(FS Issue 11.1)

Dakini — Red Cloud, 2006, mixed media collage on kraft paper, 9" x 12"
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by Skowmon Hastanan
(FS Issue 11.1)