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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation, © Qi Zhilong
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Sigg Galleries, 202
Qi Zhilong 祁志龍
Chinese Woman 中國女孩
1998
This painting belongs to a series of the same title, which Qi Zhilong started in 1995. It depicts an anonymous Chinese fashion model or actress in the new society, dressed in a Mao suit and posed in a manner that’s reminiscent of the Communist ideal of uniformity. The heroic scale of the artwork recalls Mao Zedong’s portraits and propaganda paintings during the Cultural Revolution. This work represents a key characteristic of Political Pop and offers rich visual references to elucidate the contradictions of Communism, consumerism, and popular culture in Chinese society in the 1990s.
Mapping Chinese Art, 1972–2012: Selections for the M+ Sigg Collection. M+, Hong Kong, 2019. sigg.mplus.org.hk
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