Oregon Art Beat

Painter and Printer Wang Gongyi

Clip: Season 13 Episode 26 | 11m 55s  | Video has closed captioning.

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.

Aired: 12/27/12

Rating: TV-G

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Oregon Art Beat is a local public television program presented by OPB.