Sun, Mar 30, 2014
Yang Chihung was born on October 25, 1947 in Taiwan. Between 1965 and 1968, he attended the National Taiwan College of Art. In 1979, he emigrated to America with his wife, Jane and their son, Daniel. In 1984-85 and again in 1985-86, he was awarded a year's residency at The Clocktower in New York by The Institute for Art and Urban Resources. Yang's work has been reviewed in admired journals by many noted critics of contemporary art. It has also been the subject of essays in solo exhibition catalogues, and featured in significant museums as well as corporate and private art collections in Western Europe, the Americas and Asia.
In the past decade, the world has witnessed China's spectacular economic growth. But subtle changes beneath the surface are also taking place. Contemporary artist Zhang Huan represents the undercurrent. We explore how he uses art as a medium to convey the country's journey towards modernization and as a tool to liberate the human soul.
