Exploring Urbanisation in China Through New Media Art
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by Sally Clarke
Abstract
The histories of Asian art are full of controversies and China is no exception. Under Mao Zedong, the communist party effectively imposed its view of culture on the populous and employed thousands of artists to communicate the political legitimacy of the party through their works, therein creating an extensive iconography. The stifling of the arts by Mao was particularly Read more....
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