Mao Zedong: Red Grid No. 2

Wang Guangyi

1989

oil on canvas

M+ Museum

A portrait of Mao Zedong is superimposed with a red grid, creating a mosaic-like effect. Letters A and O are visible in the corners. A portrait of Mao Zedong is superimposed with a red grid, creating a mosaic-like effect. Letters A and O are visible in the corners. Wang Guangyi (born 1957, Harbin) graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, in 1984. A founding member of the Northern Art Group in the 1980s, he is a major figure of the Political Pop movement and is known for producing works that juxtapose propaganda images from the Cultural Revolution with contemporary Western advertising. Wang lives and works in Beijing.