Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center

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Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center

The other day I posted on what is probably the most famous collection of Chinese propaganda on the net, that of Stefan Landsberger.  Today, though, I found a doozy of a peer site while I looked for art museums with exhibits featuring propaganda - the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center.  Wow, what a mouthful.  

The Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center is a private museum in the still-not-democratic-at-all People's Republic of China, by its own description, "tucked away in the basement level of a nondescript apartment building." The collection of posters isn't huge, but it is excellent, highlighting works of a few categories (woodcuts, "important porters," Dazibao or "big character" works, works on cloth, and "Shanghai ladies posters") and it has some serious street cred - heck, it seems like the SPPAC has conducted at least six major shows with other museums.   Regardless, it is a beautiful site, and while it may not replace Landsberger's work, it certainly augments it nicely.