Kaikodo Journal XVI May 2000

By Design: The Art of Tseng Yuho

Corresponding to the exhibition held between May 9 and June 9, 2000. 25 paintings by the Honolulu-based artist Tseng Yuho (Betty Ecke) (25 color plates with additional color details). Preface by Howard Rogers. 77 pages.

Includes the essays:
Tseng Yuho:
    “Notes on My Life and Art”
Melissa Thompson:
    “Gathering Together the Pieces of
    Dsui Hua”
Stephen J. Goldberg:
    “The Art of Tseng Yuho: An    
    Appreciation”

The catalogue for this exhibition is graced 
with three illuminating essays, each dealing 
with various aspects of the life of the artist, 
the evolution of her art, and the special 
characteristics of her technique and style of 
painting. Most germane is of course the essay 
by the artist herself, one in which Tseng Yuho 
recounts significant markers in her personal 
and professional life. This material is given 
added point and perspective by an interview 
with the artist conducted by Dr. Michael Martin, 
Dean of Faculty at the University of Hong Kong, 
that is being published in the May issue of 
Orientations to coincide with the exhibition in 
New York. The catalogue essays by Melissa 
Thompson, Assistant Professor in the 
Department of East Asian Studies at Colby 
College, and Dr. Stephen J. Goldberg, Assistant 
Professor of Asian Art at Hamilton College, give 
very valuable historical, art-historical and 
aesthetic perspective on the paintings of Tseng 
Yuho.  The journal’s preface by Howard Rogers provides a narrative on the life of the artist.