LSAT 120, Section 2, RC Passage 2, The Scar Art Movement

RC Passage 2 Explanation

PASSAGE TEXT: The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao …

Paragraph Summaries

1. The Cultural Revolution strengthened Maoist Revolutionary Realism, which required artists to portray only politically approved images of socialist China. Artists could not explore personal, nonpolitical subjects, and “truth” in art was defined by revolutionary ideology.
2. Afterwards, artists reacted against these restrictions by creating new movements like Scar Art. Former Maoist-trained painters who had been sent to rural areas during the Revolution began depicting the poverty and hardship they witnessed instead of the idealized version of China promoted by the government. Scar Art focused on ordinary people, personal experiences, and the negative effects of modernization.
3. Scar Art later became increasingly political, causing many artists to leave the movement. Its focus on rural life continued through the Native Soil movement, which looked back nostalgically at traditional peasant society. However, Native Soil art eventually became criticized for romanticizing rural life to appeal to Western audiences.

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