San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge
Series TitleExpeditionary Series, East Meets West
Artist
Tseng Kwong Chi
(American, born Hong Kong, 1950 - 1990)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 36 x 36 inches (91.44 x 91.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.171
InscribedSigned/Dated/Copyrighted
Signed in artist's hand
Back of Print
Description: "Permission to reproduce must be obtained from Muna Tseng."
Numbered
"1/3"
Back of Print
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/3
On View
Not on viewCollections
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In his "Expeditionary Series: East Meets West," begun in 1979, Tseng explored the theme of cultural identity on a vast public stage. Assuming the role of an official emissary or ambassador, he dressed in a Chairman Mao worker's suit, complete with ID badge, and recorded himself in front of the world's landmarks. The subject of these oddly powerful images may be read as either friend or spy, man of the world or perpetual alien.
Copyright© Estate of Tseng Kwong Chi / Muna Tseng Dance Projects, Inc., New York
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