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tseng kwong chi

1950 - 1990

tseng kwong chi
Contemporary
Contemporary

tseng kwong chi

Born 1950 Died 1990

tseng kwong chi, also known as joseph tseng, was a hong kong-born american photographer who was active in the east village art scene in the 1980s. he is the brother of dancer/choreographer muna tseng. tseng is best known for his photographic series 'expeditionary self-portrait series a.k.a. east meets west' where he poses as a chinese tourist in front of iconic landmarks around the world. he studied photography at l'académie julian in paris and became a fixture of new york’s downtown art scene in 1978. tseng passed away in 1990 due to aids-related complications.

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An Interactive Constellation

The Subject Atlas

A chart of tseng kwong chi's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.

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Spokes — Subject

Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.

Rings — Career Period

Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.

Threads — Shared Context

Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.