My grandparents fled China when Mao Zedong took power. My family\u2019s relationship with the mainland has been checkered with bitterness and pride. Using the style of Chinese Communist propaganda posters, I make portraits composed of chaotic and jagged overlapping stickers that from a distance resolve into a smooth, coherent image. Watching my nieces, nephews, and daughter grow up here in the States, the Cultural Revolution feels distant. Yet, those posters resemble us more than anything we\u2019ve seen here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My grandparents fled China when Mao Zedong took power. My family\u2019s relationship with the mainland has been checkered with bitterness and pride. Using the style of Chinese Communist propaganda posters, I make portraits composed of chaotic and jagged overlapping stickers that from a distance resolve into a smooth, coherent image. Watching my nieces, nephews, and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":66,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reactions.nmtours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reactions.nmtours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/works"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reactions.nmtours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/works"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reactions.nmtours.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}