AI SHE HUI ZHU YI

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	China (made)

This poster is thematically linked to an unusual category of propaganda aimed at uniting and integrating ethnic minorities in China. It depicts members of various ethnic communities in regional dress dancing together around an obelisk inscribed with the slogan "People are the masters of the country." Emphasis is placed on social equality promoted by the socialist ideal.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Titles	AI SHE HUI ZHU YI (assigned by artist) Love Socialism (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	colour offset lithograph Paper Ink
Brief description	Chinese propaganda poster. "AI SHE HUI ZHU YI" China, 1983.
Physical description	Chinese dancers, performers, doctor, miner and soldier rejoicing beneath flock of birds and Soviet hammer and sicle.
Dimensions	Height: 76.9cm Width: 53cm
Marks and inscriptions	AI SHE HUI ZHU YI Translation Love Socialism
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
Subjects depicted	Socialism Ideology Politics Propaganda People Dancers Birds
Place depicted	China
Summary	This poster is thematically linked to an unusual category of propaganda aimed at uniting and integrating ethnic minorities in China. It depicts members of various ethnic communities in regional dress dancing together around an obelisk inscribed with the slogan "People are the masters of the country." Emphasis is placed on social equality promoted by the socialist ideal.
Other number	LS.2579 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1241-2004

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Record created	June 22, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113403/ai-she-hui-zhu-yi-poster-unknown/

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