Председатель Мао с нами 

Zeng Fanzhi’s "Chairman Mao with Us" presents us with Mao Zedong and two children amidst a field of tall grass, painted with raw, emotive brushstrokes. The red scarf around Mao's neck, a potent symbol of revolutionary fervor, anchors the composition. This emblem echoes across time. We find similar displays of fealty in ancient Roman portraiture, where emperors are adorned with laurel wreaths signifying victory and divine approval. The scarf, like the wreath, serves as a visual shorthand for power and reverence, yet here, it's imbued with the specific ideology of Maoist China. Observe the faces, rendered with a disturbing, almost primal intensity. It conveys the psychological weight of Mao's presence on the Chinese populace. The painting becomes a vessel for the collective memory of an era, resurfacing in the visual arts.