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1、ChineseartduringtheCulturalRevolutionExpressionsofrebellionJun3rd2013,9:36byJ.P.
2、HONGKONG··Tweet ATTHEAsiaSocietyinHongKongisanexhibitionwithanumberofmutedlandscapesrecallingMatisseorCezanne.Quiteafewcapturescenesofsnow.Madeonscrapcardboardorhomemadepaper,thesepaintingsseeminnocuous,b
3、uttheyrepresentdissent.TheyarebybraveartistswhoworkedsurreptitiouslyduringandjustafterChina’sdevastatingCulturalRevolution,whenMaoZedongdictatedartmustservethestate.Thismeantarthadtoabidebysocialrealism—rosy-cheekedRedGuardsstridingintoaneverlastingoptimisticfuture—ornothing.Dismissed
4、asbourgeois,landscapesweredangeroustopaint.Thesnowonroofs,footpathsandgardenwallssignifiedpurity,asubstituteforMao’surbandrab. "LightBeforeDawn:UnofficialChineseArt1974to1985"isanunusualexhibitionwhichbringstogethertheworksof22Chineseartistswhoquietlybandedtogetherduringarepressivetim
5、e.Theseartistssharedtechniquesandforgedasolidaritythathelpedthemtooutfoxtheauthorities.Theirartwasarebellionagainst"thepatternofbrutality,narrow-mindedness,hypocrisy,andirrationality"institutionalisedduringtheCulturalRevolution,writeJuliaAndrewsandKuiyiShen,theshow'scurators,inamoving
6、forwardtothecatalogue. Threeschoolsofartists,eachwithadistinctivestyle,emergedduringtheperiod:Wuming(NoName),Xingxing(Stars)andCaocao(Grass).Theearliestgroup,NoName,startedpaintingin1972andincludedalargenumberofwomen.Someworkedinmachineryfactoriesatnightsotheycouldpaintduringtheday.T
7、heyhelpedeachotherbysharingminiaturehome-madepaintboxessquirreledawayinbookbagswhentheytravelled.ShiZhenyu,whose1965modest-sizedseascape(just15x20centimetres)istheearliestworkintheshow,wasoneofthefewtoholddownasteadyjob,thoughamostun-artisticone.DuringthebadyearsoftheCulturalRevolutio
8、n,heworkedasacarpenterandelectricianatamachineryplantattheBureauofLightIndustry. TheStarsgroup,alsobasedinBeijing,isknownforitsresolvetothwartcensorship.OnemorninginSeptember1979theyhung150worksby23artistsonthefencearoundtheNationalArtGalleryinBeijing.Oilpaintings,penandinkdrawingsand
9、sculp
