Ai Wei Sheng Jiang Wen Ming
Poster
1983 (made)
1983 (made)
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Women and girls are frequently the subjects of 1980s Chinese propaganda posters. Their kind, friendly faces were used to convey messages to do with fertility, innocence, industriousness and a range of other issues besides. Window cleaning is a frequently depicted chore in graphics of the early Eighties. Literally, they encouraged citizens to keep a tidy home but metaphorically, images such as this one provided a powerful new political symbol announcing an end to "dirty" politics and the dawn of a transparent government.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | colour offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Chinese propaganda poster. China, 1983. |
| Physical description | Smiling woman cleaning window pane. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | "Ai Wei Sheng Jiang Wen Ming"
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | Women and girls are frequently the subjects of 1980s Chinese propaganda posters. Their kind, friendly faces were used to convey messages to do with fertility, innocence, industriousness and a range of other issues besides. Window cleaning is a frequently depicted chore in graphics of the early Eighties. Literally, they encouraged citizens to keep a tidy home but metaphorically, images such as this one provided a powerful new political symbol announcing an end to "dirty" politics and the dawn of a transparent government. |
| Bibliographic reference | Landsberger, Stefan. Chinese Propaganda Posters: From Revolution to Modernization. Pepin Press. 1995. |
| Other number | LS.2612 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.1271-2004 |
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| Record created | April 27, 2005 |
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