Strive Forward in Wind and Tides
Tang Xiaohe, 1971
In cultural terms, Chinese revolutionary zeal is often remembered more for what it destroyed temples, monuments, reputations, lives than for what it created. But "Art and China's Revolution," an exhibition at the Asia Society in New York City until Jan. 11, presents a fascinating look at an artistic development that came into being between the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949 and its economic liberalization in 1978 namely, the new visual aesthetic of socialist realism with Chinese characteristics.
As Mao Zedong saw it, art was to...
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