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Accession number
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1980-0525-0-PC
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Description
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Words referring to the ruling class—including "autocrats" or "political elites" (ศักดินากลุ่มอิทธิพล), "military warlords" or "soldiers" (ขุนศึก ทหาร), and "capitalists" (นายทุน)—are composed in the form of the stacked offering bowls at the centre of the Democracy Monument, while other parts of the monument are formed by the word "merchant" (พ่อค้า). The image of the monument is tilted at an angle, such that it appears to be collapsing upon and crushing rows of the repeated phrase "poor people" (คนยากจน). Inscribed in purple.
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Inscriptions
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Signed and dated "1980" within the composition. "57" inscribed and circled next to the signature and date. Inscriptions on the reverse, if any, are unknown.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Unknown
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All known reproductions.
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Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s–1990s (Japan: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2018), 025.
Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s–1990s (Korea: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, 2019), 25.
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Exhibition history.
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Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia, 1960s–1990s. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. October 10–December 24, 2018.
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Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia, 1960s–1990s. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea. January 31–May 6, 2019.
