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19, October 1-7, Yanan, Shanxi Province
Inscriptions on stone tablets,
a popualr art form of officials who were also
traditional artists.กก
Public art campaign during the
Cultual Revolution
Art of the Cultural Revolution
-- public art movement
Red Guard Art,
(Jiang Qing on the Cultural Revolution poster)
Qiu Zhijie, "Heart Sutra,"
Installation. 1999
Qiu Zhijie, "Interface,"
2000
Xu Bing, New English Calligraphy,
1998
Xu Bing, "Cultural Animal,"
Performance, 1995
Qiu Zhengzhong, Signature, 2001
Qiu Zhengzhong, Signature, 2001
Folk Calender Art, "Joint Cooperation
between the Army and People"
Tsang Tsou Choi, calligraphic inscription
in Hong Kong
Calligraphy by Tsang Tsou Choi
on a colonial-era postbox
Tsang Tsou Choi at work near
Victoria Park Causeway Bay, 27 September 1996
Wu Ershan, "Evolution of
Jazz," Video shown at a Jazz festival in Beijing
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Yan Jinsong, Proposal, "Rock'n
Roll on the New Long March Road," Installation
กกYan
Jinsong, Proposal,
"Pitfall," Installation
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Mao Zedong, "Talks at the
Yanan Forum on
Literature and Art"
Anselm
Keifer, "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom"
"Mao Zedong Speaking at
The Yanan Forum on
Art and Literature"
We
will hold a re-reading of Mao's definitive lecture,
The Yanan Forum on Art and
Literature, which quickly became the doctrine
for all future art production in China. In this
speech, Mao articulated his philosophy on the role
of art in society as something that should only
be created for the "People," the workers,
peasants and army soldiers. Artists should be regarded
as nothing more than "cultural workers."
This influential speech outlined the principles
underlying all official artwork that was produced
in China for the next 60 years. The reading will
take place in front of the cave where Mao once lived.
  
Revolutioanry slogans written
to cover original inscriptions on stone tablets
of emperor or local lord
In
the 1960s and 70s, how did Mao's theory of "Art
for the People" influence artistic output in
the West?
We
will visit with former Deputy Mayor Liu
Wenxi who is currently Vice-Chairman of the
Chinese Artists Association. Liu Wenxi is also an
active artist who primarily paints portraits of
Mao and images depicting Mao engaged with the local
people of Yanan.
An
award from a local stock brokerage firm will be
given to factory workers who can distinguish Conceptual
art from Zen Buddhist art. We will also discuss
Chinese traditional art and its inclusion of text
as an integral part of the artwork. The relationships
between art and language, language and social life,
and art and propaganda will be discussed. The texts
of Art and Language will be read as
we show Chinese conceptual artist Qiu
Zhijie's work, Writing the 'Orchid
Pavilion Preface' One Thousand Times, and
Xu Bing's Cultural
Animal.
We
will commission one-hundred school children
to write Marx's Communist Manifesto as part
of the exhibition. We will also commission the local
schoolmaster to make an Art and Language-style
work using Mao's military tactics as the theme.
Mao's strategy of gaining advantage over a superior
and better-armed enemy later became the principles
of guerrilla warfare.
If
the enemy advances, we retreat.
If
the enemy halts and encamps, we harass.
If
the enemy retreats, we pursue.
If
the enemy seeks to avoid battle, we attack.
Joseph Kosuth, "It was It,"
No.4., 1986
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Poster
reads: "Liberation Valley Holiday Villa"
   
Shu Tong
(famous calligrapher and high official of the CCP),
he specializes in Mao's style calligraphy
Time Magazine, Article on Autograph
of World Leaders
Website on Mao Zedong's Calligraphy
Zen Yinquan Autograph Design
Center, Design Autograph style for artists.
Wang Gongxin, "Kala OK,"
video, 2000
Wang Gongxin, My Sun, video,
2001
Wang Gongxin, "The Story
of a Mountain," video
Wang Gongxin, "Red Gate,"
video
Wu Jianhai, "Staple Food,"
Performance
Wu Jianghai , "Staple Food,"
Proposal
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