The Worlds of Bernice Bing – Lenore Chinn Interview (2013)
Video (15:56): Queer San Francisco artist Lenore Chinn discusses the life and artwork of lesbian, abstract painter Bernice ‘Bingo’ Bing. This is Lenore Chinn Interview Part 2 from 2013.
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The Documentary
Filmmaker Madeleine Lim’s “The Worlds of Bernice Bing” (34 min.) documents the importance of Bing’s work to American art history: from her studio in North Beach to her groundbreaking community work and later life in rural northern California, Bing chose not to follow the trends of the day, instead creating art on her own terms. Executive-produced by the Asian American Women Artists Association and the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project, the film explores the many layers of identity — Abstract Expressionist painter, Beat-era existentialist, Buddhist, feminist, Chinese American, lesbian — that informed Bing’s art and activism. – Lenore Chinn
About Bernice Bing
Bernice Lee Bing (1936-1998) entered the San Francisco Bay Area art scene in the 1960s and she were to be there as an active artist and community activist until her death in 1998. As an Asian American artist and queer woman she visualized her dual heritage through abstract expressionism, Chinese calligraphy and painting.