Auction - Fiesta of Mao portraits coming up at Christie's HK

Andy Warhol first brought Mao to mainstream art when he did a series of pop-art paintings of the Communist leader in 1973. Since then it's been a recurring icon in Chinese art. This spring, Christie's HK is offering a variety of his portraits, many with underlying meaning. Here are some:


LIU WEI

LI SHAN

SHI XINNING

WANG GUANGYI

WANG KEPING

YIN ZHAOYANG

YAN LEI

YU YOUHAN