Portrait
East Meets West
Tseng Kwong Chi
Log in to read the rest.
If you are a subscriber but do not currently have online access, please contact us to link your subscription at subscribe@apublicspace.org
Not a subscriber?
Not yet a subscriber? Join us now, and become a part of the conversation.
A Public Space
No. 28
About the author
Tseng Kwong Chi (1950–1990) was a photographer and performer. A documentarian of New York City’s 1980s art scene, he was also known for East Meets West, his expeditionary self-portrait series in which he assumed an invented persona, a Chinese “Ambiguous Ambassador,” in iconic architectural settings and national landmarks. His work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art. He died at thirty-nine from complications related to AIDS.