MAO HOME & GARDEN
HEART CONE CHAIRMAN MAO
Mao said, “The Red Sun is in our hearts.”
Indeed, the Red Sun is in our hearts, but supporting our backsides is vibrant red upholstery supported by a brushed stainless steel base: the Heart Cone Chair.
In the mid-1950s, Verner Panton loaded his belief that “most people spend their days living in dreary beige conformity, mortally afraid of using colors” into his Volkswagen bus turned mobile studio and traveled across Europe. In 1958, he returned to Denmark full of unconventional ideas bent on provoking “people into using their imagination and making their surroundings more exciting” hence, his iconic interpretation of the classic wing chair, Heart Cone Chair was born. When the futuristic and jaw-dropping chair was displayed in a New York City shop window, police had it removed because of all the traffic problems it created.
Heart Cone Chairman Mao is the Red Sun in the hearts of the people of every land!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
40” x 60 ½”
Edition of 1, 57 Different Chairs
HOW HIGH THE MOON CHAIRMAN MAO
Mao said, “Our country and all the other socialist countries want peace; so do the peoples of the world. The only ones who crave war and do not want peace are certain monopoly capitalist groups in a handful of imperialist countries which depend upon aggression for their profits.”
Mao may or may have not been right about war coming from greedy capitalists; but Shiro Kuramata’s How High The Moon Chair comes from the combination of wire mesh, nickel plating, epoxy coating and the words of Duke Ellington.
Kuramata’s designs reflect the confidence and creativity of postwar Japan; they retain a strong traditional Japanese aesthetic while breaking new ground with the use of innovative materials. His vision united seemingly disparate elements: he combined the Japanese concept of unity in the arts with his fascination of contemporary Western culture; How High the Moon’s ephemeral structure combines surrealism and minimalism.
The armchair’s backrest, armrests and seat have been elegantly reduced to simple cubic forms and executed in expanded metal. The shimmering dematerialized surface is reminiscent of pale, glowing moonlight.
$8,675.00 + free shipping in the continental U.S. (usually ships in 6-8 weeks).
Thoroughly implement our great leader How High The Moon Chairman Mao’s latest instructions and the look forward to the victory of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
40” x 60 ½”
Edition of 1, 57 Different Chairs
LA CHAISE CHAIRMAN MAO
Mao said, “There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics.”
Who knows if there is no such thing as art for art’s sake, but everyone knows there is an iconic chaise longue made from white fiberglass shells, chromed legs and a natural oak cruciform foot called La Chaise.
Inspired by Gaston Lachaise’s sculpture Floating Figure, Charles and Ray Eames designed La Chaise in 1948 for a competition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is the unbelievable elegance of this assertive seating sculpture that enables a seemingly endless number of sitting and reclining positions.
La Chaise has a well-deserved reputation as an icon of organic design.
Long live our great leader La Chaise Chairman Mao! Eschew the worlds of literature and art and become familiar with the lives of workers, peasants and soldiers!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
40” x 60 ½”
Edition of 1, 57 Different Chairs
CHAIRMAN MAO IS A GREAT RUG!
The Chinese called Mao “Great Leader,” “Great Teacher,” Great Commander in Chief,” “Great Helmsman” and “Great Thinker.”
I think he is a great rug.
2006
Carpet
36” x 60”
4 different colored rugs | Edition of 1
RED CHINESE TAKE OUT MAO
Mao said, “What we demand is the unity of politics and art, the unity of content and form, the unity of revolutionary political content and the highest possible perfection of artistic form. Works of art that lack artistic quality have no force, however progressive they are politically. Therefore, we oppose both works of art with a wrong political viewpoint and the tendency towards the ’poster and slogan style’ which is correct in political viewpoint but lacking in artistic power. On questions of literature and art we must carry on a struggle on two fronts.”
Mao knew how to make politics and art work together; Betty Crocker knew how to make an All-American Egg Foo Yung.
Beat 6 eggs until very thick.
Blend in ½ cup diced cooked shrimp or pork.
Blend in ¼ cup shredded onions.
Add ¼ cup sliced, well-drained, water chestnuts.
Add 1 cup bean well-drained bean sprouts.
Add 1 tsp. soy sauce.
Add 1 tsp. flavor extender.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Pour mixture into hot skillet or wok.
Brown and turn.
Serve with Hot Soy Sauce:
2 tbsp. cornstarch
¼ cup cold water
2 cups boiling consommé
2 tbsp. soy sauce
Stir constantly until clear and thickened.
Long live Red Chinese Take Out Mao and All-American Chinese Food!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
20” x 30” | AP
Edition of 3
WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE, CHAIRMAN MAO?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And Mao said, “In order to build a great socialist society, it is of the utmost importance to arouse the broad masses of women to join in productive activity.”
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
30” x 30” | AP
Edition of 3
IT IS THE SEASON FOR SWIMMING WITH MAO
Mao liked swimming.
He also liked war and said, “All the guiding principles of military operations grow out of the one basic principle: to strive to the utmost to preserve one’s own strength and destroy that of the enemy . . . . How then do we justify the encouragement of heroic sacrifice in war? Every war exacts a price, sometimes an extremely high one. Is this not in contradiction with ‘preserving oneself’? In fact, there is no contradiction at all; to put it more exactly, sacrifice and self-preservation are both opposite and complementary to each other. For such sacrifice is essential not only for destroying the enemy but also for preserving oneself—partial and temporary ‘non-preservation’ (sacrifice, or paying the price) is necessary for the sake of general and permanent preservation. From this basic principle stems the series of principles guiding military operations, all of which—from the principles of shooting (taking cover to preserve oneself, and making full use of fire-power to destroy the enemy) to the principles of strategy—are permeated with the spirit of this basic principle. All technical principles and all principles concerning tactics, campaigns and strategy represent applications of this basic principle. The principle of preserving oneself and destroying the enemy is the basis of all military principles.”
He also liked really wordy sentences.
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
20” x 25” | AP
Edition of 3
CHAIRMAN MAO IS A GREAT BIG BABY! (IT'S A GIRL)
Mao asked, “How should we judge whether a youth is a revolutionary? How can we tell?”
If it’s a boy revolutionary, give him a blue hat.
If it’s a girl revolutionary, give her a pink hat.
Long live Chairman Mao and his great baby gift-giving instincts!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
20” x 20” | AP
Edition of 10
MAN MAO IS A BIG YUMMY YELLOW COOKIE!
Mao said, “Our fundamental task is to adjust the use of labor power in an organized way and to encourage women to do farm work.”
Betty Crocker said, “A full cookie jar makes a home ‘homey.’ Some of the sweetest memories of Home are bound up with Mother’s Cookie Jar. Long after the spicy fragrance of her ginger cookies baking has faded into the years...the thought of that ample cookie jar on the shelf will bring back vividly the old-time peace...and comfort...and security of Home.”
Chairman Mao is a big yummy yellow cookie! Encourage manners and politeness!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
30” x 30” | AP
Edition of 3
BACON & EGGS & MAO
Mao said, “The Three Main Rules of Discipline are as follows:
Obey orders in all your actions.
Do not take a single needle piece of thread from the masses.
Turn in everything captured.
Betty Crocker, on the other hand, said, “A meal that looks good gives pleasure at once and invites you to eat.” She then went on to write a poem about it:
Something soft and something crisp
Should always go together,
And something hot with something cold
No matter what the weather;
Something bland needs the complement
Of something with tang and nip.
Follow these rules and all your meals
Will have taste appeal and zip.
Long live Mao & Betty Crocker!
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
20” x 25” | AP
Edition of 3
CHICKEN & CORN ON THE COB & PIE & MAO
HAM SANDWICH & MAO
T-BONE STEAK & MAO & BAKED POTATO & ASPARAGUS & SIDE SALAD & MAO
CHEESEBURGER WITH EVERYTHING ON IT & MAO
MAO IS DEAD
Mao died on September 9, 1976.
On the same day, George Brett went 5 for 5, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 6-5 win over the Anaheim Angels in 10 innings.
2006
Color Digital Print | Museo Silver Rag
20” x 30” | AP
Edition of 3
