1979-0113-0-PC

Accession number

1979-0113-0-PC

Title

TH คนกระต่าย (khon kratai)

EN Rabbit person

Description

Formed by repeated instances of the word "human" (คน), the concrete poem depicts a purple rabbit. The image resembles Albrecht Dürer's Young Hare.

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Colour

Inscriptions

Titled "คนกระต่าย", signed, and dated "1979". Numbered "0210". Two inscriptions positioned, respectively, along the left and right edges of the work, referring to re-scaling the work.

Year

1979

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

23.1 x 23.3

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

Foxing. Creases at the top left and bottom left corners. A very slight, almost unnoticeable crease along the bottom right edge. A very light, vertical crease. Tide lines. Fingerprints. Brown paper triangles stuck to the back of the work. Abrasions on the reverse.

Medium

Felt-tip pen on glossy paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

All known reproductions.

Tang Chang: Abstract Paintings - Concrete Poetry. (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2013), cover, 60.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม. (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), ปกหน้า, 60.
[Caption: คนกระต่าย / formed person into rabbit / 1979]

Exhibition history.

Tang Chang: Abstract Paintings–Concrete Poetry [จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม]. Art Gallery G23, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand. February 15–April 28, 2013.