1985-0136-0-PC

Accession number

1985-0136-0-PC

Title

Untitled

Description

Repeated instances of the word "Buddha" (พุทธ) composed in the form of a closely-cropped portrait of the Buddha with his eyes closed and lips slightly upturned in a serene, meditative expression. The first and last letters of the word "Buddha" (พุทธ) have been elongated, forming smooth curves representing eyebrows, as in the Sukhothai style.

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Black and white

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "๒๔๒๘" at the bottom right corner. Signed and dated "13.9.1985" on the reverse.

Year

1985

Date

09-13

Dimensions

54.4 x 39.3

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. Light creases at the bottom left corner and along the right edge. Brown stains.

Medium

Felt-tip pen on glossy paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

All known reproductions.

Tang Chang: “It was my desire to have my very own space” (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2013), 63.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: เพราะฉันต้องการ ที่ว่างของฉัน (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), 63.
[Caption: Untitled (Buddha face) / 1981 / Color pen on paper / 54.5 x 39.5 cm.]

Exhibition history.

Tang Chang: “It was my desire to have my very own space” [จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: เพราะฉันต้องการ ที่ว่างของฉัน]. Subhashok The Arts Centre (S.A.C.), Bangkok, Thailand. February 5–March 31, 2013.