The New York Times has an online slide show about an exhibit at the Asia Society called "Art and China's Revolution" that has some great graphics from the 1949-1979 Cultural Revolution. An accompanying article describes some of the difficulties encountered in mounting the show, including a last-minute refusal by the Chinese government to supply some promised works.
The show is a great reminder that images are incredibly powerful. China is not the first or the last society to harness that power to try to manipulate the thinking of its people.
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Thanks for this, indeed it is a good reminder that a big part of politics is image and manipulation of the public. OTOH politics has birthed some stunning works, I think of Cuban graphics, Diego Rivera's work for the Mexican Independence, USSR, and of course WPA......
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