Art under Control in North Korea

Name: Art under Control in North Korea
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ISBN: 9781861892362

ISBN-10: 1861892365

ISBN-13: 9781861892362

Edition: 2005

Authors: Jane Portal

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Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with North Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-II. Yet behind the secretive curtain of this isolated nation also lies a little-known and slowly expanding world of art. Art Under Control in North Korea is the first Western publication to explore the state-controlled role of art in North Korea. This timely volume places North Korean art in its historical, political, and social contexts, with a discussion on the state system of cultivating and promoting artists and an examination of the range of art produced, from painting and calligraphy to architecture and applied art. Portal offers an incisive analysis…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 8/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Art for the State



Historical Background



Politics and Society since 1953



The Kim Cult



Archaeology and the Reshaping of History



The Production and Consumption of Art


References


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Photographic Acknowledgements


Index