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Artist Shen Jingdong Gives You Reservists With a Smile

8/26/08 at 3:00 PM
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Shen Jingdong's Soldier Family (2008).Photo: Courtesy of ChinaSquare

Shen Jingdong, who served for sixteen years in the Chinese military, merges Pop Art with Marxist propaganda (is there a difference?). Past exhibitions of his have, unsurprisingly, been banned in China, but his shiny, happy people — Mao's smiley army are playful yet brittle — are still collected the world over. See his latest exhibit at ChinaSquare through Saturday.

By: Emma Pearse Filed Under: art candy, art, shen jingdong

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