1980-0418-0-PC

Accession number

1980-0418-0-PC

Title

Untitled

Description

A single instance of the word "human" (คน) positioned at the centre of a series of concentric circles formed by repeated instances of the word "dictatorship" (เผด็จการ).

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Black and white

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "1980" at the top right corner of the work.

Year

1980

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

20.0 x 24.0

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. A small crease at the top left corner. Fingerprints. Ink smudges. Slight discolouration of the paper along the bottom edge.

Medium

Ballpoint 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), 57.
[Caption: Tang Chang, Untitled, 1980.
Ballpoint pen on paper,
20.1 x 24.2 cm.
Courtesy Thip Sae-tang
Legend: เผด็จการ = dictatorship,
คน = person]

Exhibition history.

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