Abstract
Historical studies of modern and contemporary non-occidental art all contain accounts of sudden breaks in the continuity of its evolution. However, even if the members of the artistic community concerned do themselves acknowledge such breaks, no one has ever attempted to propose an explanation. This paper focuses on one such break in the history of Thai art. Through a comparative analysis of the curriculum vitae of various twentieth-century Thai artists and of the evolution of their careers, the author will show that the 1980s constitute a pivotal period for Thai art : that decade saw the decline of the then prevalent modern-art academic model and the emergence of the conditions required for the development of atypical artistic networks that gave birth to the new recognition system of contemporary art.
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