Panel Discussion

Chinese American Museum of Chicago

238 W 23rd St, Chicago, IL 60616

May 21, 6 PM

Free

Join us at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago for Hallucinating Hieroglyphs: The Visual Languages of Martin Wong, an in-depth panel discussion moderated by Caroline K. Ng, Executive Director of CAMOC. Scholar and curator Vivian Li, poet and novelist Lisa Chen, and artist and curator Larry Lee will explore fascinating aspects of Wong's body of work, including his promiscuous relationship to language through hybridity and abstraction.

Language was a central component of the Chinese American painter and poet Martin Wong's work, from his first self-published book in 1968 until his death from HIV/AIDS in 1999. Across his poetry scripts, American Sign Language scrolls, paintings, and graffiti collection, Wong used language shaped by his family, friends, and the city around him—mutating letters into characters and mudra-like gestures. 

This program is organized by Wrightwood 659 with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago. 

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