Natee Utarit puts East and West on equal footing in memorable exhibition

BANGKOK -- What if Buddha had, after gaining enlightenment beneath a Bodhi tree, headed west for the foothills of ancient Rome? As outlandish as this hypothetical question sounds, prolific painter Natee Utarit is acquainting Thai audiences with the idea through a refined display of artistic license and artisanal skill: an exhibition at Bangkok's Silpakorn University that puts Greco-Roman and Buddhist iconography on an equal footing.

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