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"QUANTUM SHOT" #719
Link - article by Avi Abrams


      Maoist China Propaganda Posters, Loaded with Beauty and Optimism

      We wrote about
      Anti-US Posters of North Korea
      and various political posters from the
      World War Two
      - but today we are going to see somewhat less politicized (though still
      undoubtably propaganda) posters focusing on the smiling woman's face of
      socialism, as imagined by Maoist China artists in the 1950s and 1960s:

      
      
      

      These ladies, for the most part, look wholesome, well-fed and happy. Kudos
      to the artists, then, who conveyed this atmosphere the best (even if it
      was completely illusionary):

      
      
      
      
      
      (most images are via
        MaoPost)

      ...Except when they are intent on making a perfect kill:

      

      A similar poster (actually a Christmas postcard) from Communist 1930s
      Russia comes to mind:

      

      Behind the smiling faces hides the utmost dedication, incessant training
      and a glint of iron (as in "iron will"):

      

      She dreams of flight... military flight in the name of the dear ideology
      leader:

      

      Here are some truly inspiring examples of poster art: the futuristic
      "Golden Lights of Electricity" (left) and the Ghostbusters-like "Use
      Pesticides Safely" (right image):

      

      These are not military missiles... these are rockets intended to "work the
      clouds and sow the rain"! -

      

      "Frontier Cavalry" is pretty sinister, considering the deadly machine gun
      and intention to eliminate the minorities:

      

      There is even a site where you can insert your own face into any of the
      wonderfully colorful Chinese propaganda posters - try it
      here. Finally, here is more modern poster "High Expectations" (everyone who
      read the highly controversial article "Confessions of The Tiger Mom" -
      click here
      - can relate to that):

      
      (image via
        Chinese Posters)

      See more at the
      Chinese Posters
      site.

      CONTINUE TO "PROPAGANDA POSTERS OF WORLD WAR TWO"! ->

      ALSO READ: "Anti-US Posters of North Korea" ->




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5 Comments:

Anonymous Srinul said...

is that woman warrior ..! cool painting ..! it's look like old movie poster ..! anyway that was cool

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Anonymous ylandrin said...

Did anyone notice how "westernized" the facial features of the girls in the Chinese posters are? I wonder which influence it is: Russian, or pre-revolution fashion media?

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Anonymous Schuimtabak said...

Chinese propaganda images belong to the most beautyful in the world. Simply lovely!! And now they want their dollars back! LOL

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Anonymous Gregoryno6 said...

Nice young ladies. Still, when the revolution comes I'll feel a lot more comfortable with the Warrior Woman on my side.
http://content8.flixster.com/photo/10/89/95/10899554_gal.jpg

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Anonymous BenB said...

Fascinating though these images are, China isn't socialist or communist because Chinese government policy flies in the face of the principals of socialism/communism. For a start, all trade unions apart from the one the government devised (and controls) are illegal. Marx spins in his grave every time someone calls China, Cuba or any other modern country for that matter, socialist. Just wanted to mention.

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