1978-0655-0-PC

Accession number

1978-0655-0-PC

Title

Untitled

Description

Inscribed in purple, the concrete poem depicts a simplified human face delineated by the word "human" (คน). The figure's ears are formed by the word "dictatorship" (เผด็จการ).

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Colour

Inscriptions

Titled "1978" at the top right corner of the work. Numbered "053" on the reverse.

Year

1978

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

15.6 x 14.6

Dimensions with frame

33.9 x 33.1

Condition

Foxing. Very slight creases at the top left, top right, and bottom left corners of the work. Abrasions and traces of glue on 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), 103.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม. (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), 103.
[Caption: Untitled (27) / 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.