The elegant lotus: the life and art of chang shangpu (constance chang)

Video from the exhibition, The Elegant Lotus: The Art of Chang Shangpu (Constance Chang) (on view at the Asian Art Museum from October 22, 2004 - January 9, 2005). The art and life of Constance Chang provide a valuable narrative for modern Chinese painting as it developed outside the mainland in the second half of the twentieth century. Ms. Chang is one of the very few women artists of her generation to have gained a significant reputation as a painter. She lived in Shanghai, where she pursued a career in film, until her thirties.