Illustration:
ill. 5.59 a (set: 5.59)
Author:
Liu Liguo (1961-) 刘力国
Date:
2005 / 2006
Genre:
sculpture
Material:
internet file, colour, original source: sculpture, ceramics, colour, 25 × 25 × 29 cm
Source:
Liu Liguo, Laughing Buddha Mao, 2005, (DACHS 2008 Liu Liguo Buddha), Heidelberg catalogue entry
Keywords:
Mao portrait, Chinese avantgarde, children, Buddha, private, parody, Mao Cult, Mao cap, contemporary China, red painted toenails, playing with children.

Liu Liguo: Buddha (Liu Liguo: Fo 刘力国: 佛)

Around 2005, Liu Liguo 刘力国 (1961–) began to create small porcelain sculptures of Mao, such as Mao as Laughing Buddha playing with his many children as here. Larger and less innocent, perhaps, is “Ms. Mao” (ill. 5.60) with exposed breasts in red fiberglass (red, bright, and shining), produced in 2006 by brothers Gao Shen 高兟 (1956–) and Gao Qiang 高强 (1962–).