The Red Ribbon on the Earth: SHEN Yaoyi’s Illustrated Stories of the Long Marchneer of Art Nouveau

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INTRODUCTION

2021 marks the 100^th anniversary of the founding of the CPC and 85^th anniversary of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s victory in the Long March. As the collector of the classic work The Red Ribbon on the Earth, the Beijing Fine Art Academy has worked with the NCPA and Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles in launching the exhibition “The Red Ribbon on the Earth: SHEN Yaoyi’s Illustrated Stories of the Long March”.

Date: Jun. 26-Aug. 15
Venue: NCPA West Exhibition Hall
Hosts: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Beijing Fine Art Academy
Organisers: Beijing Artists Association, Art Museum of Beijing Fine Art Academy

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SHEN Yaoyi

In 1943, SHEN Yaoyi was born in Shanghai. In 1961 and 1966, he graduated from High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and LI Hua Studio of Department of Printmaking, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, respectively. He has devoted to artistic teaching and artistic creation.

From 1973 to 2009, he served as Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Stage Art, National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts and School of Arts, Renmin University of China. He is currently Honourary Chair of Comic Strip Art Committee under China Artists Association, and Member of National Artistic Creation Committee on Major Themes. He was appraised as “Outstanding Expert” by the Chinese Ministry of Culture in 1992. In 1999, he won a title of “Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions”, which was awarded by the Chinese Ministry of Personnel.

From 1975 onwards, SHEN Yaoyi retraced the route of the Long March several times, creating a Long March series in the spirit of the Long March. From 1988 to 1993, he spent six years on his illustrated work, The Red Ribbon on the Earth. Later, he created two more works, The Long March in 1936 and Sparks in the Long March, to describe how the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army plodded along the Long March, how the West Route Army went on an expedition to the Western China, how a guerrilla war lasted three years in Southern China, and how the Northern Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area was constructed. The three works are relatively independent of one another but unified together as a whole. The “Long March Trilogy” is a panoramic presentation of the Long March.

SHEN Yaoyi

The Red Ribbon on the Earth

Battle of Xiangjiang River

The Red Ribbon on the Earth is an illustrated work with 926 pictures. SHEN Yaoyi spent six years working in the 1980s and 1990s according to WEI Wei’s original work adapted by WANG Su.

Zunyi Conference

To be displayed this year are 127 pictures from the illustrated work, covering important historical events that took place during the Long March.

Crossing Chishui River Four Times

The events include the Battle of Xiangjiang River, Zunyi Conference, Crossing Chishui River Four Times, Crossing Jinsha Jiang Cleverly, Fly away from Luding Bridge, Joining Forces in Jiajin Mountain, Trekking through the Grass, Joining Forces to proceed Northward, etc.

Crossing Jinsha Jiang Cleverly

Fly away from Luding Bridge

Joining Forces in Jiajin Mountain

Trekking through the Grass

Joining Forces to proceed Northward
The Long March in 1936

Cornerstone-laying Ceremony—The Central Red Army in Northern Shaanxi

The Long March in 1936 created by SHEN Yaoyi is a companion volume of The Red Ribbon on the Earth. Composed of three parts, including Cornerstone-laying Ceremony, Giant Circle and Grand Realignment, the work reflects historical facts that occurred during the Long March from October 1935 to October 1936. It consists of 600 pictures, 75 of which are selected for display.

Cornerstone-laying Ceremony—The Central Red Army in Northern Shaanxi is the first of the The Long March in 1936. It depicts northern Shaanxi as not only a foothold for the Central Red Army in the Long March, but a starting point for gathering forces to resist Japan.

Giant Circle—The Second Front Red Army going on an Expedition to Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan

Giant Circle—The Second Front Red Army going on an Expedition to Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan reveals how the Second Front Red Army and Sixth Front Red Army started the Long March and crossed the Jinsha River successfully.

Grand Realignment—The First Front Army, Second Front Army and Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants’ Red Army

It tells a story about the Red Army, Northeast Army and Northwest Army forming a united front.
Sparks in the Long March

Western Expedition & Returning East

Sparks in the Long March consists of 75 pictures selected from a total of 600 ones in three works created by SHEN Yaoyi, including Western Expedition & Returning East, Sparks and Foothold.

Sparks

Sparks in the Long March, The Long March in 1936 and The Red Ribbon on the Earth constitute a 3D historical scroll to depict the Long March.

Foothold

The Red Ribbon on the Earth

Battle of Xiangjiang River

The Red Ribbon on the Earth is an illustrated work with 926 pictures. SHEN Yaoyi spent six years working in the 1980s and 1990s according to WEI Wei’s original work adapted by WANG Su.

Zunyi Conference

To be displayed this year are 127 pictures from the illustrated work, covering important historical events that took place during the Long March.

Crossing Chishui River Four Times

The events include the Battle of Xiangjiang River, Zunyi Conference, Crossing Chishui River Four Times, Crossing Jinsha Jiang Cleverly, Fly away from Luding Bridge, Joining Forces in Jiajin Mountain, Trekking through the Grass, Joining Forces to proceed Northward, etc.

Crossing Jinsha Jiang Cleverly

Fly away from Luding Bridge

Joining Forces in Jiajin Mountain

Trekking through the Grass

Joining Forces to proceed Northward
The Long March in 1936

Cornerstone-laying Ceremony—The Central Red Army in Northern Shaanxi

The Long March in 1936 created by SHEN Yaoyi is a companion volume of The Red Ribbon on the Earth. Composed of three parts, including Cornerstone-laying Ceremony, Giant Circle and Grand Realignment, the work reflects historical facts that occurred during the Long March from October 1935 to October 1936. It consists of 600 pictures, 75 of which are selected for display.

Cornerstone-laying Ceremony—The Central Red Army in Northern Shaanxi is the first of the The Long March in 1936. It depicts northern Shaanxi as not only a foothold for the Central Red Army in the Long March, but a starting point for gathering forces to resist Japan.

Giant Circle—The Second Front Red Army going on an Expedition to Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan

Giant Circle—The Second Front Red Army going on an Expedition to Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan reveals how the Second Front Red Army and Sixth Front Red Army started the Long March and crossed the Jinsha River successfully.

Grand Realignment—The First Front Army, Second Front Army and Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants’ Red Army

It tells a story about the Red Army, Northeast Army and Northwest Army forming a united front.
Sparks in the Long March

Western Expedition & Returning East

Sparks in the Long March consists of 75 pictures selected from a total of 600 ones in three works created by SHEN Yaoyi, including Western Expedition & Returning East, Sparks and Foothold.

Sparks

Sparks in the Long March, The Long March in 1936 and The Red Ribbon on the Earth constitute a 3D historical scroll to depict the Long March.

Foothold