In A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938 Paul Bevan explores how the cartoon (manhua) emerged from its place in the Chinese modern art world to become a propaganda tool in the hands of left-wing artists. The artists involved in what was largely a transcultural phenomenon were an eclectic group working in the areas of fashion and commercial art and design. The book demonstrates that during the build up to all-out war the cartoon was not only important in the sphere of Shanghai popular culture in the eyes of the...
In A Modern Miscellany: Shanghai Cartoon Artists, Shao Xunmei's Circle and the Travels of Jack Chen, 1926-1938 Paul Bevan explores how the cart...
In Intoxicating Shanghai, Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist artists and writers, examining the role played by pictorial magazines in the dissemination of their work, with a focus on 1934 – ‘The Year of the Magazine’.
In Intoxicating Shanghai, Paul Bevan explores the work of a number of Chinese modernist artists and writers, examining the role played by picto...