Sunday, November 02, 2003
CHINESE PROPAGANDA
More or less random link-clicking led me to Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages. This is a sampling of over 50 years of Chinese graphic political and social art and design (almost all of it "official" -- in the service of the Party or some faction). While much of it is in the "Chinese Socialist Realism" style we became accustomed to during the Cultural Revolution, other styles can be found here, including the traditional kiche "nianhua" New Year's pictures, as well as more modern and edgy design from the current era, including a new section with images relating to China's space program. Well worth a visit.
It took me a while to find it, but the third-to-last image on the page devoted to posters celebrating Zhou Enlai hung on my wall for years -- I bout it in Beijing in 1979 when it was new. You Yinglaile Dong Fang Hong!
(Note: The author provides handy English translations if you hold your mouse over the images without clicking in Internet Explorer.)
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 9:47 PM
