{"id":1959,"date":"2008-10-27T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2008-10-27T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2008-10-27T10:00:15","slug":"visualising-the-bright-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/?p=1959","title":{"rendered":"Visualising the bright future"},"content":{"rendered":"

quanzhenghuan450.jpg<\/p>\n

Some images from the recent exhibition at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum<\/a> “Visualising the bright future – Propaganda Pictures of New China” which displayed political posters from China. The posters were contrasted with some artwork of more recent artists (like Feng Mengbo, Xu Zhiwei and Ai Weiwei) which supplemented the permanent collection featuring e.g. Lin Tianmiao (please see below). <\/p>\n


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fengmengbo450gameoverrmboilcanvas1993.jpgfengmengbo450traktor2.jpgxuzhiwei450artistwangguangyi1994.JPGlintianmiao450spawn3installation2001.JPG<\/p>\n

\nArtists and titles of the above images:<\/p>\n

Feng Mengbo “Game over: RMB” (1993) Oil on Canvas
\nXu Zhiwei “Artist Wang Guangyi” (1994)
\nLin Tianmiao “Spawn 3#” (2001) Photograph\/Installation, from the exhibition catalog:
\n“The photographs shows the artist herself just after she gave birth to her baby. The yarn represents eggs ovulated by a woman in her lifetime, and the social burden that binds women down to pregnancy, childbearing anf child rearing. The work raises gender issues while also symbolising life and sex, and it is deeply related to the artist’s personal experience.”<\/p>\n

Ai Weiwei “Image of Mao Zedong” (1985) Silkscreen on Canvas\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Visualising the bright future – Propaganda Pictures of New China:<\/div>\n

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limubai432lovingthepeace1958offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

limubai450lovingthepeacedetail.JPG<\/p>\n

Li Mubai “Loving the peace” (1958) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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limubai432fishing1958offsetpaper.jpg<\/p>\n

limubai450fishingdetail1958offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Li Mubai “Fishing” (1958) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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quanzhenghuan450.jpg<\/p>\n

quanzhenghuan432workhardtobeafivestarmemberofthecommune1965offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Quan Zhenghuan “Work hard to be a five star member of the commune” (1965) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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wulinsheng432bumberharvestafterbumberharvestgreatleapforwardaftergreatleapforward1958offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Wu Linsheng “Bumper harvest after bumber harvest, great leap forward after great leap forward” (1958) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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shenjintianzhangbiwu432theredflagfliesabovetheworkersharvestingtheterracedfields1959offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Shen Jintian\/ Zhang Biwu “The red flag flies above the workers harvesting the terraced fields” (1959) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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liubairong432withthesuninyourheartthereisnothingtofeardaretocontributeyouryouthtothepeople1969offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Liu Bairong “With the sun in your heart there is nothing to fear, dare to contribute your youth to the people” (1969) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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unknownartist432reddenyourheartinthegreatopenfieldsaspiretosettleinthecountryside1970offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Unknown Artist “Redden your heart in the great open fields aspire to settle in the countryside” (1970) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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zengzhengmin432bravothesocialcourtyard1974watercolorpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Zeng Zhengmin “Bravo, the social courtyard (1974) Watercolor on paper<\/p>\n

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xiezhigung432conferringordertopengdehuai1953watercolorpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Xie Zhigung “Conferring order to Peng Dehuai” (1953) Watercolor on paper<\/p>\n

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zhangruoyi432struggletoachievesocialism1958offsetpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Zhang Ruoyi “Struggle to achieve socialism” (1958) Offset on paper<\/p>\n

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zhangdejun432immortalachievement21994watercoloronpaper.JPG<\/p>\n

Zhang Dejun “Immortal Achievement” (1994) Watercolor on paper<\/p>\n

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Zhang Dejun “Immortal Achievement” (details)<\/p>\n

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Wang Jianzi “Bright Future” (1964) Watercolor on paper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some images from the recent exhibition at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum “Visualising the bright future – Propaganda Pictures of New China” which displayed political posters from China. The posters were contrasted with some artwork of more recent artists (like Feng Mengbo, Xu Zhiwei and Ai Weiwei) which supplemented the permanent collection featuring e.g. Lin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15,32,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1959\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randform.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}