This page introduces Shelley Drake Hawks’ book project, Painting by Candlelight. The Art of Resistance in Mao’s China. Seven Chinese painters are featured: Ding Cong, Huang Yongyu, Feng Zikai, Li Keran, Li Kuchan, Pan Tianshou and Shi Lu. All were severely persecuted during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Their stories reveal a fierce personal independence rooted in Chinese art and philosophy.
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