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Zhang, Hongtu

Last Banquet

60x168 inches (h x w x d)
1989
mixed media on paper on canvas

"The artist used one of the books of Mao's collective writings, gluing the pages on canvas, then painted on it."--Robert Lee, Asian American Arts Centre

Materials

acrylic; book paper; mixed media; printouts

Techniques

collage (technique); painting (image-making)

Style/Period

appropriation; humor; iconoclasm; irony; Pop (fine arts styles); satire (artistic device); Mao Pop; Political Pop

Subjects

communism; Leonardo da Vinci; masterpiece (concept); last supper; Mao Zedong; Zhang, Hongtu
Last Banquet
Source: Slide