Martin Wong

Martin Wong passed away peacefully on July 7,2021. Martin's favorite hobby was bowling and he was a great bowler. Martin Wong is the beloved father of Johnson Wong, Mei Wong and Rose Wong. He will always be missed by family and friends.

CHICAGO, Sept. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, Hindman will present three days of fine art sales featuring over 500 works of art. The series will launch with American and European Art on September 27, followed by Post War and Contemporary Art on September 28 and will conclude with Prints and Multiples on September 29.

On my way to P·P·O·W’s new storefront gallery in Chinatown, coming out of the Canal Street J/Z subway, I walked past an imposing gray building that I later learned was the Manhattan Detention Complex. Known as “The Tombs,” it housed several hundred inmates before closing in November 2020. Turning off Walker Street, I passed a crowd waiting in front of the New York City Rescue Mission on Lafayette, and a woman asked if I could buy her lunch. I turned the corner on Broadway and walked into the gallery.

P.P.O.W. Gallery combines the works of two New York artists from different decades for an exhibition entitled “1981-2021.” Paintings of Brooklyn artist Aaron Gilbert and the late Chinese-American painter Martin Wong, visualize an intergenerational story based on life within the walls of New York amongst societal pressures. 1981-2021 is a...