Political Pop (<modern Chinese styles and periods>, Chinese (culture or style), ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name))
Note: A term coined by art critic Li Xianting to refer to an art trend in China in the late 1980s and early 1990s concurrent with the ‘Mao Fever’ as well as the growing presence of western consumerism in China. Adopting Pop Art techniques and a deconstructionist approach, Political Pop characteristically combined political symbols of the Mao era, most often Mao portraits, and symbols of Western consumerist culture to create a sense of irony and absurdity. Political Pop art reflects a complex social psychology in China, which was rooted in the ‘ Mao Complex’ and the struggle to overcome it.
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