The five phases of Chiang Kai-shek
Title: | The five phases of Chiang Kai-shek |
Artist: | Wu Tien-chang 吳天章 |
Created: | 1991 |
Media: | oil on canvas |
Source: | Courtesy of Wu Tien-chang |
Notes: | Wu's images of Chiang Kai-shek (together with other Chinese and Taiwan-based authoritarian leaders) were first unveiled in 1990, at a time when reflection on the role of Chiang was still a highly sensitive topic. The work of this artist, who had started his career designing cover art for opposition publications in the martial-law era, was some of the first in Taiwan to critically explore the legacy of official Chiang icnonography. |