Gaylord Chan, 1925-2020

In 2001, after a major surgery, he told his friends his plan for a soul experiment: if the soul existed, the moment he took his last breath he would bid us farewell from above. After Gaylords complete transition to MS Paint in 2010, I noticed a diversity and structural maturity in his new works, and...

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Published in:Art and AsiaPacific 2020-09 (120), p.21-4
Main Author: Johnson Tsong-Zung Chang
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Art exhibits
Spirituality
Visual artists
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Summary:In 2001, after a major surgery, he told his friends his plan for a soul experiment: if the soul existed, the moment he took his last breath he would bid us farewell from above. After Gaylords complete transition to MS Paint in 2010, I noticed a diversity and structural maturity in his new works, and his volume of art production steadily rose. JOHNSON CHANG Johnson Tsong-zung Chang is the founder and director of Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong; a guest professor at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou; and the co-founder of Asia Art Archive. Since the 1980s, he has curated exhibitions of Chinese art, including the Guangzhou Triennial of 2008 and the 2012 Shanghai Biennale.
ISSN:1039-3625