Wonderland or Not

Lunch­time recommendation:

At Gue­rica, Xiaoda Xiao: Pri­son Pain­tings, and ear­lier piece, Nixon’s Nose.

Post and pain­tings by Xiaoda Xiao, the acti­vist, pain­ter, vio­li­nist, and author of The Cave Man, and the forth­co­ming book The Visi­ting Suit: Sto­ries From My Pri­son Life

Xiaoda Xiao is a for­mer poli­ti­cal pri­so­ner, sen­ten­ce­dat at age 22 (without bene­fit of a trial), to a 7 year term in a labor camp, for defa­cing a pos­ter of Chair­man Mao.

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A com­ment free lunch­time posting.