In recent years, Western scholars have shown an increased interest in twentieth-century Chinese art. However, the years of Mao’s rule are uniquely problematic with the art of the People’s Republic of China being dismissed by a Western audience as propaganda. Shifting perceptions of Mao depend on the...

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1. Verfasser:	Stock, Karen (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2021
Schlagworte:	Pan, Tianshou > 1897-1971 Fu, Baoshi > 1904-1965 Geschichte 1949-1980 Kunst Maoismus China
Zusammenfassung:	In recent years, Western scholars have shown an increased interest in twentieth-century Chinese art. However, the years of Mao’s rule are uniquely problematic with the art of the People’s Republic of China being dismissed by a Western audience as propaganda. Shifting perceptions of Mao depend on the storyteller and whether their story was that of liberating revolution and historical progress or one of communist expansion and destructive violence. Throughout the Maoist era, guohua artists navigated between the lingering aftermath of the Western avant-garde, the onslaught of Soviet Socialist Realism and the continued presence of China’s cultural tradition. They reinvented the "inherited language" of guohua to suit modern demands. The struggle to keep guohua alive was likely not the kind of battle Mao envisioned for artist workers when he gave the Yan’an Talks; however, Socialist Realism proved to be a more pernicious enemy than the Japanese.
Beschreibung:	Illustrationen
ISBN:	978-0-367-14084-7