"When You Read This Book, You're Reading with Mao"
30"x40"
acrylic on canvas

George Orwell's "1984" was banned because of its "immoral" topics and "pro-communist" ideas.  The challenges against this book were at their highest during the Cold War.  Ironically, it was banned in the USSR due to claims it was anti-Soviet.

Dana Ellyn's painting, "When You Read This Book, You're Reading with Mao", was inspired by the famous WWII propoganda poster "When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Hitler".  The poster depicted an American business man driving to work with a white outlined image of Hitler in the seat next to him.  The poster was supposed to encourage car-pooling to gas conservation for the war effort.