Mao-morabilia

[cris]

The painting had not caught my eye until K started cracking up next to it. It was a shout out, he explained, to an old Chinese myth of a young boy who defeated an ancient sea dragon and had, thereby tamed the seas. Except, in the painting's case, the dragon was an American aircraft carrier and the boy was toppling it by peeing on it.

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[spitcurl]

Wow...that is quite a change in chinese art from Hung Liu: 2 generations older than the pop icon kids, far more serious, and also my favorite contemporary painter in the entire universe, whom I've worshipped since undergrad

[ayun]

I should not be shocked that the Revolutionary Panda images are stolen IP, but I kind of am, and now I really want to buy a print from xiaobaosg to make up for all the postcards I bought in Beijing!

[cris]

yeah, but they won't have all of those delightfully Chinglish slogans stencilled below them.

"The Dollar is Dead! Long live Mastercard and Visa!"