1981-0710-0-PC

Accession number

1981-0710-0-PC

Title

Untitled

Description

Repeated instances of the word "māra" (มาร) composed in the form of the numeral "5". Inscribed at the bottom right corner of the composition are the following lines:

The 5 Māra (the personification of unwholesome forces in Buddhism)
Khandha-māra
Māra is
The Pañcakkhandha (the five aggregates of existence)

มาร ๕
ขันธมาร
มารคือ
ปัญจขันธ์

Categories

Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม)

Black and white

Inscriptions

Signed and dated "1981" at the bottom right corner. "18" written on the plastic covering.

Year

1981

Date

Unknown

Dimensions

23.2 x 23.4

Dimensions with frame

N/A

Condition

A very slight crease at the top right corner of the work.

Medium

Ballpoint pen and 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.