The Art of Resistance: Painting by Candlelight in Mao's China

This explores the lives of seven Chinese painters during the Cultural Revolution. The artists, including Ding Cong, Feng Zikai, Li Keran, Li Kuchan, Huang Yongyu, Pan Tianshou, and Shi Lu, were considered counterrevolutionary and forbidden to paint. Hawks uses interviews with the artists and their families, as well as materials collected during her visits to China, to examine their painting styles, political outlooks, and life experiences.