1978-0669-0-PC · Tang Chang's Digital Archive · Tang Chang's Digital Archive

Accession number: 1978-0669-0-PC
Title: Untitled; https://www.roots.gov.sg/Collection-Landing/listing/1469056
Description: Formed by repeated instances of the verb "to kill" (ฆ่า), the concrete poem uses negative space to delineate a silhouette of the Democracy Monument. Inscribed in purple.
Categories: Concrete poetry (บทกวีรูปธรรม); Colour
Inscriptions: Unknown
Year: 1978
Date: Unknown
Dimensions: Gross measurement: 14.5 x 15.5 cm
Object size: 14.3 x 15.4 cm
Dimensions with frame: N/A
Condition: Largely unknown. Some discolouration along the edges and especially at the top left corner of the work.
Medium: Felt-tip pen on paper
Current location: Collection of National Gallery Singapore
All known reproductions.: 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), 24.
Exhibition history.: "Misfits": Pages from a loose-leaf modernity. Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. April 21–July 3, 2017.; Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia, 1960s–1990s. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. October 10–December 24, 2018.; Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia, 1960s–1990s. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul, Korea. January 31–May 6, 2019.