Cheung Yee (Zhang Yi) 張義, 1936-
Cheung Yee was born in 1936 in Guangzhou [Canton], Guangdong Province. He is a sculptor
and printmaker, active in Hong Kong. Having developed an early interest in art and
crafts, Cheung received formal art training at the National Normal University in
Taipei. He returned to Hong Kong to teach and from 1983 was on the faculty of
the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Cheung was considered the leading sculptor
of his time in Hong Kong, having evolved a highly personal style based on a
profound understanding of China's ancient artistic traditions, a formal vocabulary
inspired by modern art of the West and a primitive passion for the celebration
of life. Working primarily in wood, stone and bronze, Cheung derived his images
from prehistoric China as well as the Shang (c . 1600- c . 1050 BC) and Zhou
(c . 1050-256 BC) periods, often combining them with organic forms from
nature such as tortoise shells, limpets, worms and crabs to create powerful sculptures and paper casting in relief.
Creator.Personal Name: Cheung Yee (Zhang Yi), 1936-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Untitled]
Description: colored silkscreen print of tortoise shell with Shang dynasty style script; artist's signature in lower margin; edition number HC 64/150.
Type: Screen prints.
Subject: Turtles.
Subject: Divination.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5.9 x 5.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Cheung Yee S-1/2
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Creator.Personal Name: Cheung Yee (Zhang Yi), 1936-
Creator.Role: print-maker
Title: [Untitled]
Description: colored silkscreen print of tortoise shells with Shang dynasty style script in background; artist's signature in lower margin; edition number HC 64/150.
Type: Screen prints.
Subject: Turtles.
Subject: Divination.
Subject: Calligraphy.
Style.Period: Modern.
Technique: Prints.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 5.9 x 5.5 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
ID: Cheung Yee S-1/2
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.