Maos Images

In this book, Yan Geng examines Maos image from the perspective of its producers, focusing on four artists, chosen for both the diverse media they worked in and their diverse backgrounds. The book suggests an alternative perspective on the making of propaganda not only as a politically themed representation but also as an expression of artists subjectivities and their roles as pivotal agents in the transition of modern Chinese art history. Maos Image: Artists and Chinas 1949 Transition demonstrates how artists portrayed Mao as the nations leader during the early Peoples Republic and what such images reveal about Chinese artists experience during the Communist takeover of the country.