1980-0172-0-PC

Accession number

1980-0172-0-PC

Title

TH โจร (chon)

EN Robber

Description

Repeated instances of the word "robber" (โจร) composed in the form of simplified, curvilinear shapes resembling a police hat worn by a faceless person.

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Abstract

Black and white

Inscriptions

Titled "โจร" next to the image. Signed and dated "1980" on the reverse. Some pen marks on the reverse.

Year

1980

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

14.5 x 15.4

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. Very slight creases at the top left, top right, and bottom left corners.

Medium

Felt-tip pen on glossy paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

All known reproductions.

David Teh, ed., “Misfits”: Pages from a loose-leaf modernity (Berlin: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 2017), 58.
[Caption:
Tang Chang, โจร (Robber), 1980.
Marker on card, 14.5 x 15.1 cm.
Legend: โจร = robber]

Exhibition history.

"Misfits": Pages from a loose-leaf modernity. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. April 21–July 3, 2017.

Annotations for selected works.

Semi-gloss.