The Art of Resistance

Painting by Candlelight in Mao's China

Shelley Drake Hawks (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2017
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-74195-6 (ISBN)

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The Art of Resistance surveys the lives of seven painters—Ding Cong (1916–2009), Feng Zikai (1898–1975), Li Keran (1907–89), Li Kuchan (1898–1983), Huang Yongyu (b. 1924), Pan Tianshou (1897–1971), and Shi Lu (1919–82)—during China's Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), a time when they were considered counterrevolutionary and were forbidden to paint. Drawing on interviews with the artists and their families and on materials collected during her visits to China, Shelley Drake Hawks examines their painting styles, political outlooks, and life experiences.

These fiercely independent artists took advantage of moments of low surveillance to secretly "paint by candlelight." In doing so, they created symbolically charged art that is open to multiple interpretations. The wit, courage, and compassion of these painters will inspire respect for the deep emotional and spiritual resonance of Chinese art.

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Shelley Drake Hawks teaches art history and world history at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chronology of Major Events

Introduction: Painting by Candlelight in Mao's China

Part One Cartoonists

1. Ding Cong's True Story of the Outcast Ah Q

2. Feng Zikai Protests the Giant Hedge Cutters

Part Two Academy Painters and a President

3. Li Keran's Luminous Path through Mountains

4. Li Kuchan's Eagle Gazes Far

5. Huang Yongyu's Eye Talk

6. Pan Tianshou's Nocturne for a Plum Tree

Part Three Communist Idealist Shi Lu

7. Inside the Secret Notebook

8. At Cliff 's Edge

9. From Trauma to Recovery

Conclusion

Appendix: Poems from Shi Lu's Secret Notebook, ca. 1973–75

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Art of Resistance
Zusatzinfo	96 color illus.
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1293 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-295-74195-3 / 0295741953
ISBN-13	978-0-295-74195-6 / 9780295741956
Zustand	Neuware