Hung Liu
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Portraits of Promised Lands
Dorothy Moss; With essays by Nancy Lim, Lucy R. Lippard, Elizabeth Partridge, and Philip Tinari
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A major survey of contemporary artist Hung Liu, whose layered portraits explore history and memory through the stories of marginalized figures
Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands presents the stunning work of this contemporary Chinese American artist. Liu (1948–2021) blends painting and photography to offer new frameworks for understanding portraiture in relation to time, memory, and history. Often working from photographs, she uses portraiture to elevate overlooked subjects, amplifying the stories of those who have historically been invisible or unheard. This richly illustrated book examines six decades of Liu’s painting, photography, and drawing. Author Dorothy Moss illuminates the importance of family photographs in Liu’s work; Nancy Lim examines the origins of Liu’s artistic practice; Lucy R. Lippard explores issues of identity and multiculturalism; and Elizabeth Partridge focuses on Liu’s recent series based on Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era photographs. Philip Tinari, along with artists Amy Sherald and Carrie Mae Weems, among others, conveys Liu’s impact on contemporary art. Having lived through war, political revolution, exile, and displacement, Liu paints a complex picture of an Asian Pacific American experience. Her portraits speak powerfully to those seeking a better life, in the United States and elsewhere.
Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Exhibition Schedule:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
(August 27, 2021–May 29, 2022)
Dorothy Moss is curator of painting and sculpture at the National Portrait Gallery and coordinating curator of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
(August 27, 2021–May 29, 2022)
Publication Date: June 29, 2021
Publishing Partner: Published in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
151 color illus.
