Doc ‘Of Color and Ink’ Unravels the Mystery Surrounding “The Picasso of China”

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• Filmmaker Zhang Weimin discovered never-before-seen footage of Chang Dai-chien in San Francisco in 1967, which sparked her 12-year quest to piece together the artist's life after he left China in 1949, a period largely unknown to the public.
• Chang Dai-chien, instead of settling in Taiwan or Hong Kong like most exiled Chinese, chose the unlikely destinations of Argentina and Brazil, where he created a utopian 'Garden of Eight Virtues' and blended traditional Chinese ink art with Western techniques, embodying his philosophy of transcending boundaries.