Opening Reception for Hung Liu: Happy and Gay

Celebrate the opening of Hung Liu: Happy and Gay at the Arthur Ross Gallery, located in the historic Fisher Fine Arts Library at the University of Pennsylvania. This special reception invites guests to experience Liu’s vibrant, large-scale paintings that reimagine Mao-era children’s book illustrations with bold color, signature drips, and powerful reinterpretations of propaganda imagery. Enjoy light fare and refreshments while exploring the exhibition and engaging in thoughtful conversation with members of the Penn and Philadelphia arts communities. Join us for an evening of art, dialogue, and connection as we honor the legacy of one of the most significant Chinese American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Image detail: Hung Liu, Hi Ho (Aiyou Hou), 2011, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 in., © Hung Liu Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Hung Liu: Happy and Gay is organized by the Georgetown University Art Galleries,

Washington, DC, and is guest curated by Dr. Dorothy Moss and graduate students of

her Art History/Museum Studies course at Georgetown University. This exhibition is

generously sponsored by Maria and Alberto de la Cruz and supported by the Hung Liu

Estate. At the Arthur Ross Gallery, the exhibition is organized by Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois

Shaw, Inaugural Faculty Director and James and Nan Farquhar Professor of Art History,

University of Pennsylvania.