CFHILL Passagen
Birger Jarlsgatan 9, Stockholm
Monday–Friday 11.30–18.00
Saturday 12.00–16.00
Andy Warhol's Mao screen prints encapsulate a pivotal moment in history, blending art, politics, and fashion in a series that is as provocative as it is visually striking. In 1972, as Nixon's ground-breaking visit to China heralded a new era in US-China relations, Warhol pivoted from a planned Albert Einstein portrait to instead immortalize Mao Zedong. With vibrant colours and a bold approach that echoes his iconic Campbell’s soup cans, Warhol transformed the communist leader's image from a potent political symbol into a chic, commercialized icon. "Since fashion is art now and Chinese is in fashion, I could make a lot of money," Warhol is reported to have said. The result was 209 paintings that reflect the era's propaganda machinery, with 10 distinctive screenprints marking Warhol's impressive personal handiwork on six-foot-tall canvases. Today the series are a unique reflection of a transformative period in art, and in international politics. Sought after by collectors and curators worldwide (with one piece owned by the influential musician Drake) these prints command the walls of some of the world's finest institutions, including the Froehlich Collection in Stuttgart, the Fundació Suñol in Barcelona, and The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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