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In the early 2000s, Thomas Ruff stumbled upon a propaganda book about Mao Zedong. Following this, he became interested in the visual rhetoric of Chinese communism, eventually purchasing copies of a periodical published by the Chinese Communist Party from the late 1950s through the 1970s. In this series, Thomas Ruff reworks images from that book depicting cheerful soldiers, panoramic views, ceremonies, and more. By scanning them and converting them into pixels himself, Thomas Ruff offers an ingenious photographic analysis of Chinese propaganda.
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter und Franz König, 2022
Signed copy, 31.5 cm 37.5 cm 85 pages
ISBN -3-7533-0176-1
In the early 2000s, Thomas Ruff stumbled upon a propaganda book about Mao Zedong. Following this, he became interested in the visual rhetoric of Chinese communism, eventually purchasing copies of a periodical published by the Chinese Communist Party from the late 1950s through the 1970s. In this series, Thomas Ruff reworks images from that book depicting cheerful soldiers, panoramic views, ceremonies, and more. By scanning them and converting them into pixels himself, Thomas Ruff offers an ingenious photographic analysis of Chinese propaganda.
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter und Franz König, 2022
Signed copy, 31.5 cm 37.5 cm 85 pages
ISBN -3-7533-0176-1
