Sino-Soviet Cultural Association : A Modern "Art Space" during the Second Sino-Japanese War in Chongqing

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  • Qi Lin
    中国・西南大学美術学院准教授

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  • 「藝術空間」としての日中戦争期における中ソ文化協会
  • 「 ゲイジュツ クウカン 」 ト シテ ノ ニッチュウ センソウキ ニ オケル チュウソ ブンカ キョウカイ

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The Sino-Soviet Cultural Association (SSCA) was a privately organized association established in Nanjing in October of 1935, with partial support from the Republic of China government. From that point on it played a role in both cultural exchange and diplomatic activities. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, when it moved to the wartime capital Chongqing, in July 1938, the SSCA became one of the most significant spaces for artistic activities, hosting numerous exhibitions of various genres. Nevertheless, previous studies in China describe the SSCA as an organization led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), claiming that exhibitions held there were limited to the leftist art, such as wood prints and comics, which contributed to CCP and Soviet propaganda, reflecting Communist ideology. However, the wartime activity of the SSCA in Chongqing has seldom been studied overseas. This article investigates how the SSCA built its cultural image in terms of its architectural characteristics, its economic activities, and the social-geographic impact of its location. The analysis leads us to recognize that the SSCA was not simply a pro-CCP organization, but rather a modern, independent and self-managed "art space" in wartime Chongqing, where museums did not exist at the time.

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  • 人文學報

    人文學報 115 1-25, 2020-06-30

    THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN HUMANITIES, KYOTO UNIVERSITY

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