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Wen Mujiang

Red Tone No.8
copyright Wen Mujiang

Wen Mujiang, born 1970, is a leading Chinese printmaker. His art prints deal with the rapid and radical political, environmental and social changes that have taken place in China over the last decades. The following text by Mr. Wen Mujiang comments his series "Red Tone", created in 2006.

The text was edited by artelino. Text and images are copyright of Mr. Wen Mujiang and may not be copied or distributed without the prior permission by the artist.

Red Tone

Wen Mujiang

Red Tone No.10
copyright Wen Mujiang

When the Cultural Revolution ended, I was still a boy, and did not understand well what it was all about. I had a funny feeling about all those hot and passionate things. We could see the red insignias everywhere - red scarfs, the small red books and red flags. Therefore in in my memory this was a red tone era.

What I know about the Cultural Revolution is what I learned after it had finished. Afterwards there were certainly many discussions. I also tried to make a clear judgement from my childhood's memory. But who could say what was true and what was wrong?

The Red Tone series expresses my true feelings about the ten years of the Cultural Revolution. I want to show most of our generation's understanding about the Cultural Revolution. In my prints, the images of Chairman Mao and other examples are intentionally blurred, just as they were in my mind, not very clear. The obvious Chinese words are symbols of my current judgement. What I pay attention to in these images is just the material but not the historic events. Therefore I only use words like "exellent", "passed", "deposed" and some popular words from the internet.

Wen Mujiang, January 2006
(edited by artelino)

The Series

Wen Mujiang

Red Tone No.4
copyright Wen Mujiang

The series was created in autumn of 2006, and is dated from October to December 2006. To our knowledge the series consists of 10 designs. The technique used by Mr. Wen Mujiang is a mixture of different techniques. The prints were printed with oil-based inks. The edition size is very small with only 8. Each print is signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist.

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