Art as a

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Art as a Social/Political Commentary Warhols
Mao
Sarah Valerio Prosser Career Academy A.P. World
History, 10th grade
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The Focus

• Mao, 1973
• Andy Warhol
• Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas
• Art Institute of Chicago

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Key Ideas Framing the Lesson

• mirrors iconic imagery and size of Mao communist
  propaganda in China
• Red rouge and blue eye shadow on Mao can be
  interpreted as graffiti
• connections between Communist propaganda and
  American capitalist advertisements
• Commercial pop art, mass production

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What the Students Will Learn

• perform a close read of Andy Warhols Mao with
  both a formal and contextual analysis
• -analyze the use of Communist propaganda and
  capitalist advertising evident in Mao as a form
  of social commentary
• -create their own social commentary on American
  mass produced culture by using Andy Warhols
  techniques

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Learning Activities

• Close read and analysis of Mao
• Graffiti activity
• accompanied with written explanation
• Social/political commentary on the world today

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Examples of Student Work
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What the Students Learned..
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What I Learned
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