Portfolio > CHINESE CHARACTERS

Girl with Red Book
acrylic, graphite, collage on board
12" x 12"
2012
Madame M
acrylic, collage on board
12" x 12"
2012
Girl with Map
Acrylic, graphite, collage on board
12" x 12"
2011
Super Hero
acrylic, collage on board
20" x 30"
2024
Pixel Mao
Acrylic and collage on paper
30" x 40"
2011
Written on Their Faces
Acrylic and collage on board
12" x 12"
2012
Buddha Mao Asterix
acrylic, collage on board
12" x 12"
2024
Produce More Stuff
acrylic, collage on paper
30" x 20"
2011
Hammer Man
acrylic, collage on board
30" x 22"
2012
Little Red Cadre Girl
acrylic, collage on board
30" x 20"
2011
Working Class Heroes
Acrylic and collage on canvas
24" x 30"
2011
Dancer
acrylic, collage on paper
2012
Das Capital
acrylic, collage on paper
16" x20"
2011
Mao and the Farmers
acrylic, collage on paper
16" x20"
2011

The pieces in this gallery were inspired by the art of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the irony of the popularity of the style representing that oppressive political movement. Images of Chairman Mao, like images of Che Guevara have become little more than "famous faces" like Marilyn Monroe or Albert Einstein.