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Mao's Head in Blue and Yellow

2021
97cm (W) x 97cm (H)
Acrylic on canvas

Mao Zedong, China’s communist leader and the founder of the People’s Republic of China, in failing health swam across the Yangtze River to show his vitality to the Chinese people. Many photos were taken of Mao in the water that day. Only his disembodied head could be seen in the water.

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