Gao Brothers

Provocative Chinese Art in Missouri

PRI’s The World reports on an exhibit by the Gao Brothers now on display in Kansas City, Missouri. Listen here: The two Chinese artists known as the Gao Brothers have often run afoul of the censors. It seems the...

In China, a Headless Mao Is a Game of Cat and Mouse

The New York Times profiles the Gao Brothers and looks at the limits on contemporary art in China today. One of the Gaos most famous works is a statue of Mao Zedong with a removable head: “It’s something I hope all Chinese...

Picture This: Man In Mao

From the spiegel online: What’s in here? The Gao Brothers, a Chinese performance art team, onstage during the award ceremony for the Kandinsky Prize for modern art in Moscow. A gold-painted Mao-like figure breaks open to...

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