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Accession number
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1965-0024-0-CA
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Description
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This abstract, gestural composition consists of thick, viscous handfuls of black paint slathered over a light-coloured background. Here, the artist uses his hands to manipulate the paint as if it were a sculptural medium, creating grooves in the impasto surface and streaks of splattered paint that bear witness to his dynamic, painterly process.
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Inscriptions
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Signed and dated "1965" twice.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Discolouration; the background, which was likely painted white to begin with, now appears brown. Craquelure. Some evidence of the paint flaking off. Frame appears slightly distorted. The canvas appears to be pulling away from the frame and has been stapled again. Some holes along the edges of the canvas (on the reverse). Tears at the bottom right corner (on the reverse). A full condition report would require an in-person inspection.
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Bibliography of printed matter
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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), 25, 29.
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All known reproductions.
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Thip Sae-tang, Anuson Nai Kan Chapanakit Sop Khun Po Chang Sae-tang [Funeral Book of Tang Chang], (Bangkok: Wanmai, 1990), 21, 22.
ทิพย์ แซ่ตั้ง, อนุสรณ์ในการฌาปนกิจศพ คุณพ่อ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, (กรุงเทพฯ: วันใหม่, 2533), 21, 22.
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Tang Chang: Abstract Paintings - Concrete Poetry. (Nakhon Pathom: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2013), 40.
จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม. (นครปฐม: พิพิธภัณฑ์ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, 2556), 40.
[Caption: Untitled (12) / 1965 / oil on canvas / 97 x 198 cm.]
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Orianna Cacchione, “Tang Chang: Abstracting the Line, Retrieving the Image,” in Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful, (Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, 2018), 24-25.
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Yin Ker and Marcella Lista, Tang Chang (1934-1990): Non-Forms. (Bangkok: The Tang Chang Private Museum, 2023), back cover, 45, 65a.
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Exhibition history.
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Tang Chang: Abstract Paintings–Concrete Poetry [จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง: จิตรกรรมนามธรรม บทกวีรูปธรรม]. Art Gallery G23, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand. February 15–April 28, 2013.
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Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful. Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA. May 8–August 5, 2018.
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Tang Chang (1934–1990): Non-Forms. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. October 20, 2023–April 8, 2024.
