26.  Socialist Realism

The People’s Republic of China (PRC), established October 1, 1949

Concept: propaganda and kitsch

Names

Mao Zedong

Liu Shaoqi

Jiang Qing

The People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Yan’an Talks: Remarks on cultural policies of the Communist Party given by Mao Zedong on May 2 and 23, 1942, in Yan’an (Shaanxi)

Objects

Art commissioned for State Buildings:

Dong Xiwen 董希文. The Founding of a Nation 開國大典 1953, 1955, 1972, 1976. Museum of Chinese Revolutionary History, Beijing.

Fu Baoshi 傅抱石(1904-1965) and Guan Shanyue 關山月 (1912-2001). This Land So Rich in Beauty. 1959. Great Hall of the People, Beijing.

Shi Lu 石魯 (1919-1982). Fighting in Northern Shaanxi. 1959. Ink, color, paper; 7’8” x 7”. Museum of the Chinese Revolution, Beijing. (10-31)

Cultural Revolution (文化大革命): A movement which lasted from 1966 to 1976, launched by Mao Zedong to remove party rivals through the mobilization of millions of young people known as the Red Guards

• posters
  Liu Chunhua 劉春華 (b. 1944). Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan 毛主席去安源. 1967.
  
• peasant paintings
  Peasant painting synonymous with painting produced in Huxian county 戶縣, Shaanxi.
  Dong Zhengyi 董正义 (active 1960s). Our Commune's Fishpond. 1974. Gouache. (10-13)
  
• Sculpture
  Ye Yushan 葉毓山 (b. 1935) and team of sculptors from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. The Rent Collection Courtyard. 1965. Clay, lifesize, over 100 figures. (10-30)

• Academic painting: The Scars and Socialist Realism
  Luo Zhongli 罗中立 (b. 1948). Father. 1980. Oils; 155 x 222 cm
  

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