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World Service,10 Nov 1999,4 mins

Painting Through the Cultural Revolution

My Century

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Huang Yongyu, a famous and feted artist during the 1950s, became an outcast during the Cultural Revolution and was imprisoned many times. He discusses his responsibility as an artist to express political views through painting, whatever the consequences.

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