a Really Romantic Portrait of Mao (part 1)

this portrait of Mao is pretty enigmatic, and it had me wondering why anyone would feel the need to paint it...let alone want to buy it... I spend some time describing the painting and wondering aloud about what it might mean... listen in and get my take on what I call AngryArt... I also interview an otherwise innocent bystander to hear what he thinks... I'm glad I did... but that doesn't come until the next episode, which will be part 2 of this 2 part look at this very stormy painting of Mao... Links mentioned: Cologne’s Museum Ludwig Andy Warhol and Mao Warhol’s candy colored Mao portraits: guyhepner.com masterworksfineart.com wikiart.org pixellation and artists: A portrait by Chuck Close Collages by David Hockney Gerhard Richter’s pixellated stained glass window Richter’s Baader-Meinhof paintings (the ones I first saw at the museum in Boston) Sigmar Polke A great example of VanGogh’s brushwork A definition of: Sturm und Drang Who is: Yan Pei-Ming Lots more work by Yan Pei-Ming Some Good, Larger images of work by Yan Pei-Ming Tiananmen Square protests (1989) Sound links: “roger that” courtesy of theuncertainman This work is licensed under the Attribution License “sturm und drang thunder strike” courtesy of Mike Koenig This work is licensed under the Attribution License “sturm und dang screams” courtesy of thanvannispen This work is licensed under the Attribution License “single scream” courtesy of Richard Frohlich FreqMan This work is licensed under the Attribution