Revolutionary Voices: Cultural Revolution Posters from the Crane House

From May 16-June 28 the Cressman Center will be presenting Revolutionary Voices: Cultural Revolution Posters from the Crane House.

The exhibition of 38 posters printed in the decade following the beginning of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966 is curated by Youn Ju Yu as part of her masters thesis in critical and curatorial studies at the University of Louisville.

Yu selected and grouped the posters into themes important to communist ideology of the period. They also are sources for post-modern Chinese art and provide a historical background for work of current Chinese artists.

This show's opening this Friday at 6:30PM will feature a gallery talk by UofL history professor Yuxin Ma.

Ma lived through the Cultural Revolution and received two degrees in English in China before completing her PhD in Chinese history at the University of Minnesota in 2003. She came to UofL in 2006, and is completing a book titled, "Constructing a Female Public Space: Chinese Women's Periodical Press, 1898-1937.

Cressman Center for Visual Art
100 E. Main St.
Louisville, KY