Private Tour at Asia Society Hung Hsien Between Worlds Contemporary Ink Art Exhibition
Hung Hsien: Between Worlds is the first retropective of modern ink art pioneer Hung Hsien, offering a comprehensive look at her seven-decade career. Featuring nearly 50 works, most drawn from private collections and the artist's own archive, the exhibition offers an opportunity to have an in-depth exploration of her creative journey.
92-year-old Hung Hsien (洪嫻, Margaret Chang) was born in Yangzhou, China in 1933, she moved to Taiwan in 1948, where she studied under revered scholar-painter Prince Pu Ru. She continued her studies at National Taiwan Normal University before relocating to the United States in 1958, where she engaged deeply with Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and other modernist movements while studying at Northwestern University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Living in the U.S., in the mid-1960s, Hung Hsien invented a modern ink painting language entirely her own. She became one of a few women to exhibit with Taiwan’s avant-garde Fifth Moon Group, a collective dedicated to modernizing ink painting by synthesizing Eastern and Western approaches.
The exhibition is guest curated by Dr. Tiffany Wai-ying Beres, a specialist in modern and contemporary Chinese art, in consultation with Dr. Einor Cervone, Associate Curator of Arts of Asia at the Denver Art Museum. It is co-organized by Asia Society Hong Kong Center and Asia Society Texas and Dr. B Li, independent researcher and longtime friend of the artist.
Join us in this celebration of a living artist follows by optional happy hour at Ammo or Lockcha Tea House at HK Park.
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