The United States’ strategies to advance its vision of unipolarity have been buried under the rubble of a Western world that sought to make the entire planet its dominion. The prophecies regarding the ‘New American Century’ have been left behind as the People’s Republic of China re-emerges as both an economic powerhouse and a global player. With portraits of 50 people – from David Alfaro Siqueiros to Lu Xun, from Frida Kahlo to Li Cheng, and from José Venturelli to Shengtian Zheng himself – the mural is a recovery of a rich tradition of cultural exchanges between the peoples of Latin America and China. The work is an homage to Latin America’s influence on China, particularly that of Mexican artists on the development of modern Chinese art. ‘Fusang’ is an ancient Chinese word referring to what some believe to be the shores of Mexico. The art in this dossier features a large-scale mural by Chinese artists Shengtian Zheng and Jingbo Sun entitled Winds of Fusang (2017).
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