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The president of the company that produced a TV talent show containing a controversial breast-painting act has denied paying the female contestant.
Panya Nirunkul, president of Workpoint Entertainment Plc, which produces Thailand?s Got Talent, dismissed a report that his company hired the contestant to put on the performance.
He said the woman was approached by the show?s agents, just like other competitors.
A Thai Rath online report Tuesday quoted a friend of breast-painting contestant Duangjai Jansaunoi, 23, as saying Ms Duangjai was paid 10,000 baht by staff of the weekly Channel 3 show.
Ms Duangjai?s act of pouring paint on her bare breasts and using them to paint on canvas has provoked uproar from the Ministry of Culture and members of the artistic community.
While Ms Duangjai told the audience she was an independent artist, her friend said the contestant was actually a nude model. ?It?s an honest profession. I am telling the truth that the show is scripted because I can?t stand seeing my friend getting blasted by the whole of society about her act,? she said.
Mr Panya apologised for broadcasting the act and promised such an incident would not happen again.
He told the Ruang Den Yen Nee news programme on Channel 3 Tuesday that the firm had no intention of causing an outcry as it respected Thai arts and culture.
National artist for visual arts Chaloemchai Kositpipat said that while he does not regard Ms Duangjai?s act as obscene or inappropriate, he does not consider it as beautiful expression either.
?Body painting may be new in Thailand but it?s an old art form in other countries. What I think the contestant did was copy its form and method without understanding the essence of this art form, which includes not only a show of the body but a combination of lines, colours, texture and overall balance,? Mr Chaloemchai said.
Gridthiya Gaweewong, an art curator, said this kind of performance art was usually held in art galleries or museums. When it appeared on a TV talent show, questions inevitably arose.
?The point is: Is this a good quality painting? No, it is not. What?s more important is that the woman didn?t have a real idea or reason to back up her show. There?s no context, no conceptual thinking behind it.
?If you?re an artist, you must have an idea why you?re doing your art.?
Kannika Soonthornyankit, an amateur artist, said she was flabbergasted by the show. ?This is not art, nor creativity. It?s a waste,? she said.
She said the show?s decision to air the act was aimed only at boosting its ratings while ignoring possible adverse effects, especially on young viewers.
Pol Maj Gen Saroj Promcharoen, deputy commander of the Metropolitan Police, said police would wait for an opinion from various authorities including the Culture Ministry on whether the show breached public obscenity laws, before deciding whether to press charges.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will meet Channel 3 today to discuss whether the channel broke the law.
Gen Peerapong Manakit, chairman of the NBTC?s subcommittee on broadcasting, said the content might have violated Section 37 of the Radio and Television Broadcasting Act 2008.
?The broadcaster should have ethics and be concerned more about the public than TV producers who just want to make a profit,? Gen Peerapong said.
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