"I felt of the artists I saw, which were many, who had gone to Dunhuang, none captured the spirit of Buddha as well as Kong Bay Ji."
Joan Lebold Cohen, American Contemporary Art Critic
Kong Bai Ji was not just any Chinese artist. Born in Shanghai in 1932, Kong emerged as one of China's trailblazers in the post-Cultural Revolution contemporary art movement.
Go here to his official web site for samples of his works.
When his works were shown in the first North American exhibition of Chinese contemporary art at the University of Southern California's Pacific Asia Museum, Henry Kissinger penned the forward of the exhibition's catalog.
For the past 28 years Kong Bai Ji and his family called Greenwich, Connecticut USA home -and where the show broadcasts from on 1490 WGCH/WGCH.com.
He recently died, and though he no longer walks among us Kong's influence on the Chinese -and American- contemporary art scene is far and wide. His works are displayed in major art museums around the world.
I invite you to join me by tuning in to the April 21, 2018 broadcast of Marvels of China: Pathways to the Pacific Rim. I will be welcoming his daughter Sasha Kong to Conversations for a celebration of a life of a gifted artist she called her father.
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