Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol
Mao, 1973, acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas
127 x 106.6cm
安迪·沃荷
《毛主席》1973年作，壓克力、絲網印刷於畫布
127 x 106.6公分
Courtesy of Sotheby's
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Mao series marked a significant stylistic turning point for Warhol in the 1970s. The present work belonging to the series of 22 paintings stretched on 50 by 42 in bars during the artist's lifetime is a distinctly wonderful example of his oeuvre. Of the other paintings in this cycle, four are known to be held in the renowned public collections. Mao was created in 1972 - a crucial moment of global politics where President Nixon visited China and Chairman Mao. The painting in red and gold carries the highly expressionistic and flamboyant handling of paint as well as the artist's resolution and confidence, transforming Mao to become the newest player on the fashion circuit and a glamorised member of the 1970s pop idols.
《毛主席》系列見證安迪·沃荷在 1970年代風格轉變的里程碑。此畫屬於藝術家創作 22幅 50 x 42 英寸之作品之一。同一系列中,四幅作品現屬於重要博物館收藏。1972 年,美國總統尼克遜訪問中國並與毛主席會面,此國際政治的重要時刻帶給了沃荷《毛主席》的靈感。此作中, 紅與金的色系充分展現藝術家對炫麗色彩的表現能力, 以及其於畫布上的決絕果斷, 使毛主席成為 70 年代流行文化中最時尚迷人的偶像。
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