1969-0074-0-PC

Accession number

1969-0074-0-PC

Title

TH "กวี" (kawi)

EN "Poet"

Description

An eight-by-nine matrix formed by repeated instances of the word "poet" (กวี), followed by the phrase "the poetic mood begins with dignity; the poet is honorable too" (อารมณ์กวีเริ่มต้นด้วยภูมิสูง กวีนั้นก็ภูมิสูง).

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Black and white

Inscriptions

Titled '"กวี"' at the top left corner of the work. Signed and dated "1969" below the poem.

Year

1969

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

34.2 x 21.5

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. A horizontal fold across the centre. Light creases at the bottom left and bottom right corners and along the top edge.

Medium

Ballpoint pen on paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

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.

In the list of works exhibited at "Misfits", the final line of the poem (อารมณ์กวีเริ่มต้นด้วยภูมิสูง กวีนั้นก็ภูมิสูง) is translated as "Poetic emotion emerges from high respect, and then that poem is honourable."