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\"TK\"Competition<\/em>, 2004, Chromogenic print, \u00a9 Wang Qingsong, Courtesy the artist.” width=”574″ height=”325″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-11092″ \/><\/a>

2004 \u00a9 Wang Qingsong, Courtesy the artist.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here, Chinese painter-turned-photographer Wang Qingsong draws from his memories of the Cultural Revolution, when the walls of China\u2019s cities were covered with handmade posters pasted up by rival Red Guard factions. He filled the walls of a rented Beijing movie sound stage with more than six hundred mock advertising posters that he drew by hand, mimicking corporate logos. If you look closely at the photograph, you can spot him, megaphone in hand. <\/p>\n

From the exhibition \u201cWhen Worlds Collide<\/a>,\u201d on view at the International Center of Photography, New York, through May 8, 2011. Click to enlarge. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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