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M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Liu Heung Shing, 2012, © Liu Heung-Shing
Liu Heung Shing 劉香成
China After Mao—Ma Desheng Calls For Artistic Freedom, Beijing 毛以後的中國──北京，馬德升演講要求藝術自由
1979
This photograph depicts the artist Ma Desheng speaking in front of a crowd of young people. His raised right arm suggests that he speaks with force, and the handle of a crutch is visible under his left arm. The audience listens intently, and some hold up square placards. The photograph is part of photojournalist Liu Heung-Shing’s China after Mao series, consisting of photographs taken between 1976 and 1983. The series bears witness to the transformations in China after the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) and documents significant events from the period. Ma was a leader of the Stars Group of artists, who advocated for freedom of artistic expression in China in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The collective organised a protest march to Beijing’s city hall—where the photograph was taken—in response to the forced closure of their exhibition on the park railings outside the National Art Museum of China in Beijing in 1979.
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