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Ching Ho Cheng: The Light Will Continue

Institution
Addison Gallery of American Art
Grant Cycle
Fall 2025
Amount
$75,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
addison.andover.edu/exhibition/ching-ho-cheng-the-light-will-continue ↗
Ching Ho Cheng, Astral Theatre, 1972. Gouache on rag board, 20 x 36 1/2 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng (1946-1989) Chemical Garden, 1968. Gouache on rag board, 29 1⁄2 x 29 1⁄2 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled, 1985. Charcoal, graphite, and pastel on torn rag paper, 22 x 29 1/2 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled (Palmetto Series), 1981. Gouache on rag paper, 37 1/4 x 50 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled (Torso Series), 1988. Iron oxide on torn rag paper, 51 1/2 x 39 1/4 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled (UFO Series), 1984. Charcoal and graphite on torn rag paper, 54 1/2 x 66 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.
Ching Ho Cheng, Untitled (Window Series), 1982. Gouache on rag paper, 28 x 38 3/8 in. ©Estate of Ching Ho Cheng.

This exhibition will give long-overdue recognition to the Cuban-born, Chinese American artist Ching Ho Cheng (1946–1989), whose boundary-defying and conceptually driven practice offers profound insight into the very nature of being. The Light Will Continue, the artist’s first posthumous institutional exhibition and retrospective, will, for the first time since Cheng’s untimely passing in 1989 from causes related to HIV/AIDS, present the full scope and breathtaking originality of his oeuvre, laying bare the artist’s relentless sense of experimentation, meticulous craftsmanship, and prolonged engagement with the metaphysical.

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