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
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“sturm und drang thunder strike” courtesy of Mike Koenig
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“sturm und dang screams” courtesy of
thanvannispen
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“single scream” courtesy of Richard Frohlich
FreqMan
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Awesome outro music:
by Inaequalis titled "Check Me Out" (from their Bête Noire album)
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