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Five Communist Leaders

T-Shirt
2007 (made)
Artist/Maker
Shirtflag (manufacturer)
Ji Ji (designer)
Place of origin
Shanghai (made)

T-shirt, 'Five Communist Leaders', Shirtflag, Ji Ji, Shanghai, 2007

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Fashion
Object type
T-shirt
TitleFive Communist Leaders (assigned by artist)
Brief description
T-shirt, 'Five Communist Leaders', Shirtflag, Ji Ji, Shanghai, 2007
Gallery label
(2009)
The use of images from Mao's era is well established in Chinese avant-garde art. Ji Ji deconstructs their political meanings by mixing them with symbols of global culture such as the Gameboy. He launched Shirtflag, his first street T-shirt label, in Shanghai in 2003. Its ironic and mischievous style has become a hit among Shanghai youth.
Credit line
Given by Ji Ji
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.202-2011

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Record createdMarch 16, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1244727/five-communist-leaders-t-shirt-ji-ji/
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