Illustration:
ill. 5.59 b (set: 5.59)
Author:
Liu Liguo (1961-) 刘力国
Date:
2004 / 2005
Genre:
sculpture
Material:
internet file, colour, original source: sculpture, ceramics, porcelain, colour 35 x 40 x 45 cm
Source:
Liu Liguo, Laughing Buddha Mao, 2005, (DACHS 2008 Liu Liguo Buddha), Heidelberg catalogue entry
Keywords:
Mao Zedong, Buddha, Mao Cult, Mao portrait, Chinese avantgarde, children, music, private, parody

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 where we see Mao with red painted lips and toenails, wearing a floral dress, holding children musicians on his knees, arms and shoulders. 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–).