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Art And Politics: The Cultural Revolution In The Eyes Of An Art Soldier, Shaomin Li
Art And Politics: The Cultural Revolution In The Eyes Of An Art Soldier, Shaomin Li
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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). When the revolution started in 1996, I was 9. The ten years of the Cultural Revolution was the most important period for my education. I love painting and drawing. So during the ten years of the Cultural Revolution, I devoted all my time to study art except for the time I was forced to study communist ideology and to do hard labor. According to the communist theory, art is politicalized and is a tool to serve the communist revolutionary goal. During the Cultural Revolution, the politicalization of art …