“However, none of the Mainland artists mentioned here (in this book) have matched the nuanced approach of the late 1980s Chairmen Mao Series by the New York-based painter Zhang Hongtu (Hong Tu Zhang) Zhang's work, playful and deeply earnest, was used in dress, jacket, and T-shirt designs by Vivienne Tam of East Wind Code in late 1994...”

– Shades of Mao, by Geremie R. Barme, M.E. Sharpe, 1996