Martin Wong, the High Priest of Lowbrow, Lives On at PPOW and Wrightwood 659

SummaryWrightwood 659 in Chicago is opening Chinatown USA by the late Chinese-American artist Martin WongNew York's PPOW Gallery is concurrently presenting Popeye, focused on Wong's fascination for comic books and tattoo imageryThe late Martin Wong never got to visit China, he never spoke the language. Like many Asian Americans, his understanding of motherland was puzzled through fragments of stateside exports. Yet place, evidenced by his storied graffiti collection and street-forward oe...