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Folk Art and Modern Culture in Republican China (Paperback)
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Folk art is now widely recognized as an integral part of the modern
Chinese cultural heritage, but in the early twentieth century,
awareness of folk art as a distinct category in the visual arts was
new. Internationally, intellectuals in different countries used
folk arts to affirm national identity and cultural continuity in
the midst of the changes of the modern era. In China, artists,
critics and educators likewise saw folk art as a potentially
valuable resource: perhaps it could be a fresh source of cultural
inspiration and energy, representing the authentic voice of the
people in contrast to what could be seen as the limited and elitist
classical tradition. At the same time, many Chinese intellectuals
also saw folk art as a problem: they believed that folk art, as it
was, promoted superstitious and backward ideas that were
incompatible with modernization and progress. In either case, folk
art was too important to be left in the hands of the folk: educated
artists and researchers felt a responsibility intervene, to reform
folk art and create new popular art forms that would better serve
the needs of the modern nation. In the early 1930s, folk art began
to figure in the debates on social role of art and artists that
were waged in the pages of the Chinese press, the first major
exhibition of folk art was held in Hangzhou, and the new print
movement claimed the print as a popular artistic medium while, for
the most part, declaring its distance from contemporary folk
printmaking practices. During the war against Japan, from 1937 to
1945, educated artists deployed imagery and styles drawn from folk
art in morale-boosting propaganda images, but worried that this
work fell short of true artistic accomplishment and pandering to
outmoded tastes. The questions raised in interaction with folk art
during this pivotal period, questions about heritage, about the
social position of art, and the exercise of cultural authority
continue to resonate into the present day.
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