This image is what I thought China would be like; strong, gray and stoic and devoid of any emotion and mysticism. A socio-political commentary manifested in steel and stone. I thought the city would be riddled with these grand industrious and abstracted geometric forms of Mao and the loyal citizens of the Peoples Republic of China depicting social progress and political stability.
Little did I know that only image of Mother China constructed in this manner is of Chairman Mao on the Bund. Ironically the Bund is the part of the city that the British and French built in the early 1900’s and is currently the hub of tourism in China. The architecture of the area is ostensibly French and reeks of English pomp and circumstance. The symbol of industry and egalitarian progress is surrounded by street vendors hocking anything and everything from cheap “Made in China” goods to ferry rides on the Huangpu. I think Chairmen Mao is turning over in his grave…..
Little did I know that only image of Mother China constructed in this manner is of Chairman Mao on the Bund. Ironically the Bund is the part of the city that the British and French built in the early 1900’s and is currently the hub of tourism in China. The architecture of the area is ostensibly French and reeks of English pomp and circumstance. The symbol of industry and egalitarian progress is surrounded by street vendors hocking anything and everything from cheap “Made in China” goods to ferry rides on the Huangpu. I think Chairmen Mao is turning over in his grave…..
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