1978-0654-0-PC

Accession number

1978-0654-0-PC

Title

Untitled

Description

Inscribed in purple, the concrete poem consists of a simplified human face delineated by repeated instances of the word "human" (คน). A blindfold formed by rows of the word "dictatorship" (เผด็จการ) covers the figure's eyes.

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Colour

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "1978" at the bottom left corner of the work. Numbered "052" on the back of the work.

Year

1978

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

15.6 x 14.6

Dimensions with frame

33.8 x 32.9

Condition

Foxing. Brown patches. Abrasions on the frame. Unknown substance stuck to the back of the frame.

Medium

Felt-tip pen on paper affixed to glossy card

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

Bibliography of printed matter

Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond, eds. Sarah Lee and Sara Siew (Singapore: National Gallery Singapore, 2016), 214.

All known reproductions.

Tang Chang: Abstract Paintings - Concrete Poetry. (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2013), 104.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม. (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), 104.
[Caption: Untitled (28) / 1978]

Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond, eds. Sarah Lee and Sara Siew (Singapore: National Gallery Singapore, 2016), 215.

Exhibition history.

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

Reframing Modernism: Painting from Southeast Asia, Europe and Beyond. National Gallery Singapore, Singapore. March 31–July 17, 2016.

Annotations for selected works.

The work is semi-glossy.