Between 1972 to 1973, he executed 199 paintings in 5 set sizes and 10 colored screen prints in editions of 250 along with 50 artist proofs. These first images were monumental, around 82 inches high. Warhol made his first Mao silkscreen paintings in March 1972, weeks after Nixon’s return to the United States. Discover how artist Andy Warhol made his colourful and iconic silkscreen prints.From Brillo boxes and black bean soup to portraits of films stars, Andy Warho.
His portrait of Mao became one of the most widely reproduced images of the 20th Century a merger of celebrity and cult-figural icon. Instead of tapping into communist ideology or the easing of diplomatic relations between China and the US, Warhol was interested in the power of the image.
ANDY WARHOL SILKSCREEN SERIES
For the world, it was a significant shift in the Cold War balance which marked the beginning of the end of the old order and for Warhol, perhaps at the suggestion of his Swiss art dealer friend Bruno Bischofberger, it was a perfect addition to his series of portraits of celebrities. Nothing better represents Warhol’s obsession over celebrities and fame than his Celebrity Series portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Queen Elizabeth II, Mao, and others, that are continually repeated to us as consumers of mass media.īetween 19, Warhol began making a series of portraits of Mao Zedong, or Mao Tse-tung, shortly after the historic visit to China by the U.S. Whether it’s Coca-cola, Marilyn Monroe, or Chairman Mao of the People's Republic of China, they all fulfill Warhol’s prediction of fame extending worldwide to everyone and every household. Fame, popularity, celebrity, stardom, even notoriety and infamy, are common topics reflected in Warhol’s work.
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