1984-0371-0-PC

Accession number
1984-0371-0-PC
Title
Untitled
Description
A silhouette of a butterfly formed by repeated instances of the word "human" (คน), next to a single instance of the word "human" (คน). The accompanying text reads:

Butterflies becoming humans
Humans becoming butterflies
Under the sun

ผีเสื้อกลายเป็นคน
คนกลายเป็นผีเสื้อ
กลางแสงแดดจ้าจ้า
Categories
Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)
Black and white
Inscriptions
Signed and dated "4.3.1984" beneath the text. "–ย่อ 4 x 5 ¼–" pencilled at the bottom right corner of the work. "0259" and "O" pencilled on the reverse. The following inscriptions are written on the plastic covering:

บทกวีรูปธรรม 22 + 2
22
Year
1984
Date
03-04
Dimensions
29.2 x 28.8
Dimensions with frame
N/A
Condition
Foxing. Creases at the corners and along the edges. Insect droppings. Some paint stains on the reverse.
Medium
Felt-tip pen on glossy paper
Current location
Collection of The Tang Chang Private Museum
Bibliography of printed matter
Yin Ker, “An Essay on Non-Forms: Tang Chang (1934–1990), a Modern Painter of Literati Aspirations from Bangkok,” in Tang Chang (1934–1990): Non-Forms (Bangkok: The Tang Chang Private Museum), 29, 31.
All known reproductions.
Yin Ker and Marcella Lista, Tang Chang (1934-1990): Non-Forms. (Bangkok: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2023), 58, 67.
Exhibition history.
Tang Chang (1934–1990): Non-Forms. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. October 20, 2023–April 8, 2024.
Annotations for selected works.
Tang Chang's reflections on the butterfly owes to Zhuangzi (4th century BCE), a foundational Chinese literary and philosophical text, in which its Daoist author mused if it was he who dreamt of a butterfly or the butterfly dreaming of him. (Text by Yin Ker)
See all items with this value1979-0013-0-PC
Item sets
Non-Forms
Media
https://img.tangchang.art/Images/France/IMG_0534.JPG
https://img.tangchang.art/Images/France/IMG_0535.JPG

Linked resources

1979-0013-0-PC