[Zhang YiChang I] (b Guangzhou [Canton], Guangdong Province, March 26, 1936). Chinese sculptor and printmaker, active in Hong Kong. Having developed an early interest in art and crafts, Cheung received formal art training at the National Normal University in Taipei. He returned to Hong Kong to teach and from 1983 was on the faculty of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Cheung was considered the leading sculptor of his time in Hong Kong, having evolved a highly personal style based on a profound understanding of China’s ancient artistic traditions, a formal vocabulary inspired by modern art of the West and a primitive passion for the celebration of life. Working primarily in wood, stone and bronze, Cheung derived his images from prehistoric China as well as the Shang (c. 1600–c. 1050 bc) and Zhou (c. 1050–256 bc) periods, often combining them with organic forms in nature such as tortoiseshells, limpets, worms and crabs to create powerful sculptures and paper casting in relief....