The World Turned Upside Down: Posters from the Chinese Cultural Revolution (Project Space) Curated by Ava Prickman ‘28

Exhibition details

Curated by Ava Prickman ‘28, the Spring 2025 Susan ’77 and Joseph Biernat ‘75 Intern, this exhibition features Chinese Cultural Revolution propaganda posters from Gettysburg College Special Collections.

September 3 - November 15, 2025

Location

Project Space

Reception

September 3, 2025, 4-6pm

Lecture

Gallery Talk by Ava Prickman ‘28, the spring 2025 Susan ’77 and Joseph Biernat ‘75 Intern, September 3, 2025, 4pm
The World Turned Upside Down: Posters from the Chinese Cultural Revolution (Project Space) Curated by Ava Prickman ‘28

Image: Li Hongyuan, Training the body for the revolution, March 1975, Offset lithograph

Works on display

Prickman tells the story of the Revolution through the personal accounts of four young people, using the images to tell their stories, and through them the wider story of life in Maoist China.