Hong Kong-born artist's works finally shown again 36 years after dying young
Cheung moved to Canada in the 1970s and spent the rest of her short life there, apart from a year in New York.
The paintings she left behind either went into storage at her husband's Montreal gallery or were sold privately, while others were kept at her family's home in Toronto. They disappeared from view completely.
That changed in June, when Alisan Fine Arts' New York gallery held a commemorative exhibition of Cheung's works that blend abstract expressionism and figurative painting.
Untitled (1984), by Josephine Cheung. Photo: Josephine Cheung
Behind the exhibition is a moving story of a loyal friend's tireless campaign to restore Cheung's place in art history.
Hong Kong-born Nancy Mei-yu Tong is a New York-based documentary filmmaker.
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