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Accession number
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1980-0362-0-PC
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Title
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TH
เดือนตุลา (duean tula)
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EN
October
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Description
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A blue concrete poem which alludes to the massacre of 6 October 1976. The words "sun" (พระอาทิตย์) and "moon" (พระจันทร์) are embedded within a four-by-six matrix formed by repeated instances of the word "star" (ดาว), above rows of the words "sunlight" (แสงแดด) and "moonlight" (แสงจันทร์), followed by a single row of the repeated phrase "people killing people" (คนฆ่าคน). The poem ends with the following lines:
คนหนีเข้าป่า ผู้รู้หยุด คนร่ำไห้ คนทุกข์ยาก
เผด็จการครองเมือง
People who flee into the forest, people who know to stop, people crying, people suffering
Dictatorship dominates the city
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Inscriptions
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Titled "เดือนตุลา" at the top right corner of the work. Signed and dated "1980" on the reverse.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Foxing. Creases at the bottom left corner. Insect droppings.
