Accession Number | ART93129 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 35 x 38 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | biro and watercolour on paper |
Maker |
Le Ngoc Hieu |
Place made | Vietnam: North Vietnam |
Date made | 1966 |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Cleaning gun
Description
Two North Vietnamese soldiers adjusting rifles. Verso: sketch of soldier on phone. Created during a period of socialist transformation and cultural revolution in Vietnam, such art was viewed by the North Vietnamese Government as a very important component in an ideological campaign that sought to promote a high regard for labour, collectivism and patriotism. Artists were encouraged to represent the front line troops as both heroic and vital to the socialist revolution and the ongoing struggle to remain free from colonial rule.