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Exhibition
Picturing Power:
Art and Propaganda in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
31.1.-28.2.2001 Universitätsmuseum Heidelberg
Urgently Forge Ahead and Bravely Advance with Great Leader
Chairman Mao
Jin gen weida lingxiu Mao Zhuxi
fenyong qianjin!
Unknow artist
1971, Shanghai
Mao stands before an enormous crowd of
people, who are practically afloat in a sea of
red flags. This poster is quite typical of
those which defied Mao. While surrounded by his
followers, Mao stands visually alone and above
all others. The deification of Mao and the
iconography which supported it were vital
components of the Cultural Revolution. While
all else was subject to criticism, Mao’s
person and words were inviolable.
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