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Yang Feng (b. 1960)

Art for the Sake of Surviving, Remembering China’s New Woodblock Printmaking

1989

Woodblock print

76 x 87 cm

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This print is full of references to Lu Xun’s impact on Chinese woodblock printing and revolutionary cultural movements during and after his lifetime. Prints created by 1930s-40s artists Hu Yichuan, Lin Yangzheng and others are easily recognisable. The panel above shows a collection of Soviet prints he compiled and introduced in China (引玉集, Yin yu ji). The left-hand panel shows communist themes (Mao and the New Fourth Army logo).

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Muban Educational Trust registration number yanfv024