Tseng kwong chi biography books
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Tseng kwong chi biography books
Tseng Kwong Chi
American photographer, born in Hong Kong
Tseng Kwong Chi, known as Joseph Tseng prior to his professional career[1] (Chinese: 曾廣智; September 6, 1950 – March 10, 1990), was a Hong Kong-born Americanphotographer who was active in the East Village[1] art scene in the 1980s.
He is the brother of dancer/choreographer Muna Tseng.
Work
Tseng was part of a circle of artists in the 1980s New York art scene including Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Cindy Sherman.[2]
Tseng's most famous body of work is his self-portrait series, East Meets West, also called the "Expeditionary Series".
In the series, Tseng dressed in what he called his "Mao suit" and sunglasses (dubbed a "wickedly surrealistic persona"[1] by The New York Times) and photographed himself situated, often emotionlessly, in front of iconic tourist sites.
These included the Statue of Liberty, Cape Canaveral, Disneyland,[1]Notre-Dame de Paris, and the Wo