Passion Fashion

Author: Xiao Wulu
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This little book is not a record of 1970s history, nor is it art history; it is merely a reflection on the artworks created in the 1970s and related to revolutionary themes, as well as some memories triggered by them. For young people in the internet era, reading these images might bring laughter or even scorn, but for those who lived through the 1970s, it was a real life. Those vibrant, plump faces contrasted with the hunger of hundreds of millions and the near collapse of the national economy. Behind those images of utopia and class struggle lay the madness, passion, and absurdity of an era. This little book is not a record of 1970s history, nor is it art history; it is merely a reflection on the artworks created in the 1970s and related to revolutionary themes, as well as some memories triggered by them. For young people in the 21st century internet era, reading these images might bring laughter or even scorn, but for those who lived through the 1970s, it was a real life. Those vibrant, plump faces contrasted with the hunger of hundreds of millions and the near collapse of the national economy. Behind those images of utopia and class struggle lay the madness, passion, and absurdity of an era.