Hong Kong Open Printshop is honored to collaborate with the Education Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to organize the exhibition From Distress to Hope: Modern China in the Woodblock Printing of Huang Xinbo. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Professor Huang Yuan for her trust and generosity in lending the exhibits. The valuable collection of Huang Xinbo’s woodblock prints, personal letters, and historical materials offers insight into the artist’s struggles in his youth, his perseverance during the turbulent times of political movements, and his enduring hope for the future in his later years.