Oregon Art Beat
Painter and Printer Wang Gongyi
Clip: Season 13 Episode 26 | 11m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Wang Gongyi comes all the way from China. But her journey to Oregon was much longer.
Wang Gongyi was born with China’s communist revolution, which put her on a collision course with the political turbulence of the times. But her devotion to art paid off; In the mid-1980s, she was recognized as one of China’s top artists and spent several years in France studying and expanding her artistic range. Wang has made her home in Oregon for more than a decade, where she teaches art.
Oregon Art Beat is a local public television program presented by OPB
Oregon Art Beat
Painter and Printer Wang Gongyi
Clip: Season 13 Episode 26 | 11m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Wang Gongyi was born with China’s communist revolution, which put her on a collision course with the political turbulence of the times. But her devotion to art paid off; In the mid-1980s, she was recognized as one of China’s top artists and spent several years in France studying and expanding her artistic range. Wang has made her home in Oregon for more than a decade, where she teaches art.
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