MARTIN WONG

1946, United States - 1999, United States

Martin Wong
African Temple at 9th Street, 1985
Acrylic on canvas
121.9 × 243.8 cm
© Martin Wong Estate.

Provenance
Semaphore Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1985

Exhibitions
East Village USA, New Museum, New York, December 9, 2004–March 19, 2005
Acts of Faith: Politics and the Spirit, The Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, January–February 1988
Martin Wong: A Picture Show, Semaphore Gallery, New York, October–November 1985

Literature/Press
A. Beadnell, V. Kam, M. Kwon, M. Johnson and G. Ware, eds., Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné, Stanford, 2022–ongoing (illustrated online). Richard G. Mann, “Wong, Martin,” glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, 2007, https://exhibits.stanford. edu/martin-wong, p. 5
Dan Cameron, Liza Kirwin, and Alan W. Moore et al., East Village USA, exh. cat., New York: New Museum, 2004, illustrated, no. 174, p. 31
Jeffrey Bruce, “Red Brick and Chain Link,” The International Review of African American Art, no. 4, 2002, illustrated, p. 38
Barry Schwabsky, “A City of Bricks and Ciphers,” Art in America, no. 9, September 1998, p. 103
Dan Cameron, “Brick by Brick: New York According to Martin Wong,” Sweet Oblivion: The Urban Landscape of Martin Wong, exh. cat., New York: New Museum, 1998, illustrated, pp. 8, 53, pl. 6
Lucy R. Lippard, Acts of Faith: Politics and the Spirit, Cleveland: Cleveland State University Art Gallery, 1988, illustrated p. 7
Dan Cameron, “Image and Authority: The Recent Painting of Martin Wong,” Arts Magazine, no. 5, January 1986, pp. 14, 16