10.

Zhang Jiarui (b. 1934)

With a Heavy Heart

1981

Woodblock print

35 x 32 cm

Lu Xun is often shown near a Chinese or Expressionist print he admires. Here it is Käthe Kollwitz’ Sacrifice, from her War series (1921-22), lamenting the catastrophic human loss in World War I, including her son. The print’s date and title suggest that Jiang Jiarui is referring to the traumatic Cultural Revolution. It was made afterwards, when artists were relatively freer to express their views on those ten years, and he evokes a saddened Lu Xun to make his point.

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