Wing Young Huie's 'Chinese-ness' imagines the life he might have lived

September 13, 2018 at 4:46PM
Photographer Wing Young Huie, this year's 2018 McKnight Distinguished Artist, poses for a portrait at his workspace on Aug. 11, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minn. (Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1238666
Wing Young Huie (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Wing Young Huie: 'Chinese-ness'

Recently named the 2018 McKnight Distinguished Artist, Minneapolis photographer Wing Young Huie turns the lens on himself with his latest project, examining what it means to be a Minnesotan of Chinese descent. Part memoir and part documentary, "Chinese-ness" was inspired by a 2010 visit to China, where Huie exchanged clothes with a few Chinese men and used photography to imagine the life he might have lived if his parents never left China. (10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tue., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun. Ends Nov. 11. Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, free, 651-259-3000 or mnhs.org.)

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