this painting has a depth of meaning that isn't easy to access...
but once you do, it will change the way you look at EVERYTHING...!
Interviews with the artist, Yan Pei-Ming:
Elena Cué for HuffPost 2015
David Barboza for artzine china 2008
Selina Ting for initiArt Magazine 2009
Charles Schultz for the Brooklyn Rail 2012
more images of Yan Pei-Ming's paintings:
https://dailyartfair.com/artist/yan-pei-ming
https://dailyartfair.com/exhibition/5152/yan-pei-ming-massimo-de-carlo
https://dailyartfair.com/exhibition/7925/yan-pei-ming-galerie-thaddaeus-ropac
Some Good, Larger images of work by Yan Pei-Ming
https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2018/09/Yan-Pei-Ming.html
Significant links:
Francis Bacon Popes
Jacques-Louis David: Coronation of Napoleon:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coronation_of_Napoleon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coronation_of_Napoleon#/media/File:David_-_L'Empereur_Napoleon_se_couronnant_lui-meme.png
Warhol’s candy colored Mao portraits:
https://guyhepner.com/artist/andy-warhol-art-prints-paintings/mao-by-andy-warhol/
https://www.masterworksfineart.com/educational-resources/andy-warhol/warhol-mao-series-1972/
https://www.wikiart.org/en/andy-warhol/mao-2
Warhol’s Death & Disaster Series
A great example of VanGogh’s brushwork
Bill Alexander: Magic of Oil Painting
autonomous sensory meridian response
Freud's Free association method
more Warhol:
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