This painting was inspired by my Artist Residency in Beijing for 2 months in 2014. While there I discovered a vigorous pastime spent by the locals engaging in the western art of consumerism. They have embraced this new found ability with great gusto. All mind you under the watchful gaze of a million or more surveillance cameras and Chinese soldiers. In this painting Mao again if firmly front and centre for this new cultural revolution being lived in China in the 21st century