1968-0045-0-PC

Accession number

1968-0045-0-PC

Title

TH "คน" (khon)

EN "People"

Description

With eight rows and twelve columns of the repeated word "people" (คน), the poem portrays a large crowd. The poem ends with the line:

คอยรถเมล์โดยสารประจำทาง ที่กรุงเทพฯ

Waiting for the public bus in Bangkok

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Black and white

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "1968" below the poem, between thin pencil lines. Titled '"คน"' at the bottom left corner of the work. A check mark pencilled below the poem. Numbered "0285" on the back of the frame.

Year

1968

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

34.0 x 21.6

Dimensions with frame

34.0 x 21.6

Condition

Foxing. Creases and tears along the top edge of the work and the frame. A tear along the right edge of the work. Tears along the bottom edge of the work and the frame. Ink bleeding due to water damage.

Medium

Felt-tip pen on paper affixed to paper

Current location

Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum

All known reproductions.

Tang Chang: “It was my desire to have my very own space” (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2013), 50.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: เพราะฉันต้องการ ที่ว่างของฉัน (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), 50.
[Caption: คน / People / 1968 / Ink on paper / 33.5 x 21.5 cm.]

Exhibition history.

Tang Chang: “It was my desire to have my very own space” [จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: เพราะฉันต้องการ ที่ว่างของฉัน]. Subhashok The Arts Centre (S.A.C.), Bangkok, Thailand. February 5–March 31, 2013.

Annotations for selected works.

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