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Mao (F. & S. II.96) Andy Warhol

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This signed screen print from 1972 is a limited edition of 250 from Andy Warhol’s Mao series. The print features a portrait of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, rendered in bold hues of orange and brown, exhibiting the Chairman as an unlikely 1970s Pop icon.

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ANDY WARHOL, MAO (F. & S. II.96), MAO SERIES, SIGNED SCREEN PRINT, EDITION OF 100, 1972

Taken from his renowned Mao series from 1972, Mao (F. & S. II.96) is a print by Andy Warhol that features a striking portrait of the Chinese communist leader Chairman Mao Zedong. The print contrasts orange hues in Mao’s face and brownish-orange tunic against an off-white background. The colours seep into his eyes and Warhol has deliberately created imperfections with the ink.

Warhol’s use of colour in his Mao (F. & S. 96) print works within the aesthetic of Western kitsch and alludes to the appearance of makeup on Mao’s face. The beige colour of the background is added to enhance the lips of the statesman and his darkly coloured mole is reminiscent of Marylin Monroe’s beauty mark. In the suggestion of makeup and use of fluorescent colours, Warhol makes a statement on the false veneer that the original propaganda image attempts to portray and at the same time revitalises Chairman Mao as an unlikely Pop icon to be distributed as an image in the mass-media.

Relying on his typical method of screen printing with the aim of mass-production, Warhol reflects the wide distribution of Mao’s image in communist China whilst also comparing this to the obsessive production of mass-media images in capitalist America. The result is a humorous social commentary on these opposing systems of power during the political tensions of the Cold War.

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ABOUT ANDY WARHOL

Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola) is a name synonymous with the celebrity culture and mass consumerism which coloured the boulevards of New York City in the Post World War II era. Born into a working class immigrant family in the urban landscape around the bustling metropolis, Warhol’s early life was characterised by a climb up the capitalist rungs of society.

The artist himself noted, “buying is more American than thinking, and I’m as American as they come”, this quote came to demarcate Warhol’s artistic practice as he embraced the commodification of the American Dream. The Pop artist’s beginnings in the business sector gave him the practical skill set to experiment with a more commercial approach to art throughout his career, particularly with regards to screen printing. Read more about Andy Warhol.