For GYOPO’s 2024 annual edition, artist Kang Seung Lee continues his investigations of the reimagined lives and legacies of overlooked historic figures lost to the AIDS crisis. In his distinctive style of graphite drawings, Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt) draws from Lee’s body of work that meticulously recreates self-portrait photographs by Hong Kong-born artist Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-90) who was active in the queer NYC art scene in the 1980s.

Untitled (Tseng Kwong Chi wearing a “SLUTFORART” t-shirt), 2024
Archival pigment print, sambe, sealing wax, antique 24K gold thread on cotton rag
19 ✕ 13 inches
Edition of 50 
$750