Mao's Graphic Voice : Pictorial Posters from the Cultural Revolution

Organizer

Elvehjem Museum of Art

Date

• August 31, 1996-October 27, 1996

Summary

• Description from Artscene Vol. 12, No. 4:
• "Mao's Graphic Voice, a selection from a private collection in Shanghai, is the first exhibition of Cultural Revolution posters in the United States. These political posters were issued in China mostly between 1966 and 1976. The traditional Chinese posters were originally the New Year posters of good luck. After 1950, however, influenced by Soviet Russian ideas, political subject matter came into the posters. Especially between 1960 and 1970 the political posters became the most important propaganda tool of the government of the Chinese Communist Party. They were very strictly selected by Mao and his followers to direct people in each political movement." [p. 3]