Picturing Power:

Posters of the Cultural Revolution

online exhibition

The posters in this exhibition were selected by Harriet Evans, Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies, University of Westminster, London, and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Associate Professor of History, Indiana University.

October 6-22, 1999
Hopkins Hall Gallery and Corridor,
The Ohio State University, College of the Arts


Picturing Power is a travelling exhibit that originated at Indiana University and makes use of a unique collection of posters held at the

Centre for the Study of Democracy
University of Westminster, London
 This exhibition represents approximately
10% of the total poster collection.)


This online exhibition was created by The Huntington Archive, College of the Arts, The Ohio State University.
<http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu>

Federated sites:

  • Online Gallery (East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University, USA) <http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/exhibit/online_gallery.html>
    [Contains: the project, events schedule, online gallery, University of Westminster Archive, SoFa Gallery, related links, what's new, contact]
  • Picturing Power (School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, USA) <http://www.indiana.edu/~sofa/feat/index.html>
    [Contains: special events, bibliography, checklist, gallery, credits]
  • Centre for the Study of Democracy (U of Westminster, London)
    <http://www.wmin.ac.uk/>

Credits for the Exhibition & Indiana Installation

Original Idea and Overall Coordination: Harriet Evans and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Art Curators: Betsy Stirratt and Ben Pond
Soundtrack: Barbara Mittler and Sue Tuohy - CD production, Peter Alyea
Video: David Carnochan, John Fenn, and Sue Tuohy
Didactics: Anna Johnston and Sarah Stevens (with assistance from Doug Padgett and Lauran Hartley)
Indiana Websites and Publicity: Axel Barcelo, Mary Ann Koruth, and Beth Kuzmic
Consultants: Julia Andrews, Stephanie Donald, Jason Lewis, Michael Schoenhals, and Liana Zhou
Main Sponsors: East Asian Studies Center and Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University; Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster; Henry Luce Foundation

Further information about this exhibition and the Chinese poster collection of the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, see:

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