Renowned Artist Albert Chong's Work on Display at DePauw
August 29, 2001
August 29, 2001, Greencastle, Ind. - Albert Chong's photographs are the subjects of international exhibitions and are displayed in public and private collections around the world. Today through October 2, visitors to the Emison Art Center Gallery at DePauw University can view “Winged Evocations,” a kinetic sculptural installation by Albert Chong, and attend a gallery talk and lecture by the artist.
“Winged Evocations” is a meditation on flight and its association with Divinity. The work combines masks of Chong with feathers and suits covered with natural materials and covered with wings that are motorized and activated by motion sensors. The work premiered in 1998 at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, at Oberlin College in Ohio and was most recently exhibited at the Cuba Biennial, where Mr. Chong represented his native Jamaica. You can learn more about “Winged Evocations” by clicking here.
Albert Chong will be on the DePauw campus Wednesday, September 12, for a 7 p.m. lecture in room 301, Harrison Hall. The following day, Thursday, September 13, Chong will attend a reception at the Emison Gallery from 4 to 5:30 p.m, which will include a gallery talk by the artist.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica of African and Chinese ancestry, 
Albert Chong graduated with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York and received a master of fine arts degree from the University of California, San Diego. His works have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as the Ansel Adams Center for Photography in San Francisco, Africus:The First Johannesburg (South Africa) Bienial, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He is the recipient of several artist fellowships, including a 1994 CO Visions Recognition award from the Colorado Council on the Arts, a regional National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Photography, and a 1992 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in photography.
“Winged Evocations,” and Albert Chong's on-campus appearances are free and open to the public. For more information about the exhibit, call (765) 658-4336.
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