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Sins of omission: Korea's sixth Gwangju Biennale defined Asian identity--and redefined political cant--via selective cultural blindness.

From: Art in America  |  Date: 1/1/2007  |  Author: Vine, Richard

Among the most intriguing works recently on view at Korea's sixth Gwangju Biennale was "A Second History," an archival installation by Chinese artist Zhang Dali. The piece comprises scores of propaganda photos, as they appeared in doctored form in mid-20th-century Chinese publications such as People's Pictorial, Liberation Army Journal and China Pictorial, matched in wall displays with their unaltered source images. In every case, something crucial has been changed: a figure from one ...

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