In Ho Chi Minh City, "A Revolutionary Spirit: Vietnamese Propaganda Art from The Dogma Collection" exhibition will showcase propaganda posters of Vietnam from the 1950-70s.
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"Nothing is More Precious than Freedom and Independence" —
"I wasn't conscious that this was the making of propaganda art," said Pham Thanh Tam, one of the artist's whose work is displayed in the exhibition. "I simply thought of it as a means to help the public understand."
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"The Southern Guerillas are Truly Gutsy" —
One of the unique features of Vietnam's propaganda posters are that women are frequently portrayed as frontline fighters.
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"Celebrate the 3000th Feat of Arms" —
Created in the time of active conflicts, the graphics of the posters are imbued with an urgency that celebrate actions like the shooting down of American planes.
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"The Hung Kings Retained Our Homeland, Now We Must Stand Together to Retain Our Nation" —
"Uncle Ho Chi Minh" is the most popular protagonist.
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"Ensure the Roads are Open for Victory" —
Due to limited resources, paintings, often produced by artists on the front lines, are sometimes drawn on the back of scrap paper.
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"Victory Will Be Ours" —
Richard di San Marzano, curator of the Dogma Collection of Vietnamese propaganda art and the exhibition, says about 1,000 original works in the collections were provided by a British investment banker who moved to the country in the 1990s.
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"The World Must Have Peace" —
Another feature that distinguishes Vietnam's propaganda posters from those of China and the Soviet Union are the signatures on most of them. Di San Marzano managed to track down and interview some artists from the autographs.
