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Greetings, colleagues:

I am thrilled to announce that the Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné—a project years in the making—is now available online for free!

Formally launched as part of the Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI) at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford last month, the MWCR is a collaboration between the Stanford Libraries and the Martin Wong Foundation.  It is a free online resource featuring the paintings, drawings, poetry, and ceramics of artist Martin Wong (1946–99).

Though often seen as an outsider whose work defies easy categorization due to its realist style, quirky iconography, and obscure references to cosmologies drawn from Asian art, Wong is today recognized as a key figure and documentarian of New York’s Lower East Side and San Francisco—the city where he grew up and died. The scope of the MWCR thus spans from works dated 1959, when Wong was thirteen and began exhibiting his art, to a painting that he was in the process of completing when he died at the age of 53 due to complications related to AIDS. 

In addition to detailed records of over 800 works of art (available in high-resolution, zoomable formats), the project features new essays by scholars and curators, a comprehensive illustrated chronology, and a wealth of primary source material including revealing interviews, a 1991 recording of Wong speaking about his work, and a film portrait from the last decade of his life. 

For further details, please read the story as it appears in the Stanford Libraries’ ReMix Monthly Newsletter here.

All best,
Vanessa
Co-Editor
Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné (MWCR)


D. Vanessa Kam MA, MLIS (she/her)
Electronic Resources Librarian + Liaison to Design + Dynamic Media
Library + Archives
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
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