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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Thailand
- Date
- 1991
- Media category
- Photograph
- Materials used
- three sheets of photographs with eyelets, on board; candle burn holes, gold foil
- Dimensions
- 50.0 x 61.5 cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1994
- Location
- South Building, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
- Accession number
- 362.1994
- Copyright
- © Montien Boonma Estate
- Artist information
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Montien Boonma
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About
Montien Boonma, who trained in Thailand, France and Italy, combined knowledge of international conceptual art with his Buddhist faith, even spending time in a rigorously ascetic monastery. In this work, three layers of photographic paper were first exposed to light and then to fire in the form of a burning candle, leaving a fragile surface riddled with holes that resonate with the forms of suffering and impermanence central to Buddhist teachings.
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Places
Where the work was made
Thailand
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Modern Thai Prints, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, 08 Oct 1992–15 Oct 1992
Elemental, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Jul 2022–2024
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Provenance
Montien Boonma, Jun 1994, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased from the artist by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Jun 1994.