Duangjai Jansauoni caused a stir after she used her bare breasts to paint a canvas on Thailand's Got Talent, spurring debate about what is considered art and leading the country's culture minister to call the topless painting very shocking.

Thailand's Got Talent contestant and independent artist Duangjai Jansauoni, 23, began her act, which can be seen in the video below, by drawing an outline in yellow paint on a white canvas before seductively unbuttoning her shirt with her back to the audience and unclasping her black bra.

Actress and Thailand's Got Talent judge Pornchita Na Songkhala and two backstage hosts were shocked at the sight.

Duangjai Jansauoni then poured buckets of yellow, red, green and blue paint over her topless body and turned toward the audience as one woman in the crowd put her hands over her forehead in shock.

Jansauoni's breasts were censored during the airing of Thailand's Got Talent.

She then pressed her breasts against the white canvas to fill in the outline as she moved to music.

Pornchita Na Songkhala immediately rejected the naked artist's creation.

I'm not saying this is not good, but it's not appropriate, Songhkala said, according to the Associated Press. Within the Thai cultural context, I don't support this.

The other two judges, both men, agreed to send Duangjai Jansauoni to the next round.

Jirayut Wattanasin, a singer, disagreed with Songkhala's assessment of the topless painting.

This is an art form. If we were in Italy, like Florence or Milan, or the Czech Republic, say Prague, this would be OK, Wattanasin said.

The Thailand's Got Talent audience overwhelmingly sided with Wattanasin, with many flashing V for victory signs, the Daily Mail reported.

But Thailand's culture minister, Sukumol Kunplome, said Monday that the topless painting on the show went too far.

This program is intended to showcase the talent of Thai people and it usually encourages youths to show their special skills, the minister said, according to the AP. Still, there have to be some limits.

Panya Nirandkul, who heads Workpoint Entertainment, the production company behind Thailand's Got Talent, said the show did not know of Jansuoni's act in advance and did not know that the independent artist planned on showing her breasts on television.

Nirandkul also denied that Jansuoni's performance was a deliberate move to boost ratings, according to the Daily Mail.

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