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Curator Abby Chen discusses the legacy of painter Hung Liu.
Hung Liu has become the most vital cultural voice for San Francisco … Her work gives the city a mirror to reflect on its past and its present.
—Abby Chen
Images, from top: Hung Liu painting in her studio, Oakland, Calif., undated, Hung Liu Archives; Portrait of Hung Liu, c. 1979, Hung Liu Archives; Hung Liu painting in her studio, Oakland, Calif., undated, Hung Liu Archives; In-progress canvases for the art installation The Long Wharf (1996), seven paintings and an array of 19th-century architectural fragments, displayed at #1 Embarcadero Center, SkyDeck, 41st floor, San Francisco, Calif., paintings now in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, Gift of Boston Properties; The Long Wharf, 1996, oil on canvas, 60 1/16 in x 84 in x 1 1/2 in (152.6 cm × 213.4 cm × 3.8 cm), Asian Art Museum, Gift of Boston Properties © Hung Liu Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY