About Propaganda Art

When talking about propaganda art, the first propaganda art pop-up in my mind are those vintage posters that painted workers, soldiers and farmers match with a line of words, slogan or phrase. And  sometimes, the politicians are also appear on those posters. Although I did not saw those posters in real life before but those China propaganda posters did appeared in dramas, movies or even on social media network when I was searching for some chinese art on chinese forum and social network, especially on China-based forum and social media network. 

In the past, I wonder why there are posters and slogan that hanging or painting all around the streets and buildings. After known that the literacy rate of China is around 20% in 1950 when the People's Republic of China was newly established (Ted Plafker, 2001). The government wants to spread their goals and publicize their ideologi to the people who did not know a lot of words and reading. So they might think that using poster with illustration and some iconic elements like the colour red, portrait of politician, symbol of the Communist Party of China to affect the people and influence them by environments. Some people might think that this is ridiculous but actually, it works. 

1. Ted Plafker (2001). China's Long — but Uneven — March to Literacy. [online] Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/news/chinas-long-but-uneven-march-to-literacy.html?auth=login-google&login=google [Accessed 4 Dec. 2019].