China’s woodblock prints portray political turmoil | Art Threat - http://artthreat.net/2010...
Jan 16, 2010
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"Woodblock printing is an ancient Chinese art form—the earliest known prints date from the Han Dynasty before the year 220. Over the past hundred years, however, the medium became politicized. Prints were created by the Communist Party to communicate with primarily illiterate population, while later artists would rebel and reinvent woodcuts for their own purposes."
- Kimber Scott