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Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, 2000 (oil, shellac & emulsion on paper, mounted to canvas)

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HST862268
Image title
Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom, 2000 (oil, shellac & emulsion on paper, mounted to canvas)
Artist
Kiefer, Anselm (b.1945) / German
Location
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
Medium
oil, shellac and emulsion on paper, mounted to canvas
Date
2000 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
280.7x500.4 cms
Image description

Kiefer travelled in China in 1993, and some years later made a series of paintings based on photographs taken there. The title refers to a 1957 speech in which Mao encouraged greater freedom of expression, declaring ‘Let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend’.

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Photo: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / Museum purchase funded by Caroline Wiess Law / Bridgeman Images
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allegory / Germany / Europe / art / contemporary art / field / China / Asia / communism / colour / flag / flower / Mao Zedong (1893-1976) / sign / painting / politics / portrait / symbol / leader / oil painting / 2000s / 21st century / contemporary artist / figure / flower / flowers / meadow / male / chinese / field / chairman mao / leader / statue / mao zedong
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Largest available format 8694 × 4871 px 15 MB
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Large 8694 × 4871 px 736 × 412 mm 15.4 MB
Medium 1024 × 574 px 87 × 49 mm 1.0 MB

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