| Produced at the height of the Cultural Revolution's first, anarchic
phase, in the reddest, most radical city, the poster depicts Brezhnev
and the Soviet Prime Miniter Kosygin cowering as they are battered by
huge fists and declares that they are both "dogs' heads!" The vigorous
brushstrokes, bold, simple color scheme and cartoon-like figures are
typical of the posters of this period, including the hand-produced Big
Character Posters (dazibao) plastered everywhere by the Red Guards.
In contrast with the bland depiction of the international unity found
in some posters, the bad foreigners' features are grotesquely exaggerated,
while their tiny size graphically shows their insignificance. |
