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DPRK: Artists Art & Culture

Embroidery, celadon and a Juche paradise opposite the Institute of Directors

by Philip Gowman on 26 August, 2007

in DPRK: Artists Art & Culture, Exhibition reviews and comment, Jung Chang Mo, North Korean art, Son U Yong, U Chi Son

The exhibition at La Galleria is entering its last two weeks. A number of the artworks that were in the gallery last time I visited are no longer there, having found good homes [1], and the opportunity has been taken to move some of the pictures around to give more prominents positions to some artists [...]

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Growing interest in DPRK art show

5 August 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture
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The North Korean art exhibition in Pall Mall is gathering momentum. A small-scale re-hang has seen more propaganda posters in the window facing the Institute of Directors (above), which encourages passing traffic. The jewel painting is now hung so that pedestrians in the Royal Opera Arcade get greeted by it. The big painting of the [...]

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A North Korean coup, years in the planning

30 July 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture
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Prologue
The North Korean flag stirred gently in the breeze in Pall Mall, the heart of London’s clubland, a few hundred yards from Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. An elderly gentleman pottered up the steps to the Athenaeum. The blue and red flag caught his eye, but its significance did not register.
A young woman in [...]

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Artists, Art and Culture of D. P. R. Korea

21 July 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture
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By Susan Pares
For what is said to be the first time, the arts of North Korea hit the London gallery scene. North Korean contemporary art can be viewed periodically at the Korea Gallery of the British Museum, but this exhibition offers the chance for larger exposure to media and themes that are typical of North [...]

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Coming soon: Artists, art and culture of North Korea

2 July 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture

In what has got to be a contender for the Korean cultural event of the year, if only for rarity value, a varied collection of artworks has arrived from North Korea’s Mansudae studio for the exhibition later this month, Artists, Art and Culture of North Korea.
Some of North Korea’s most famous art works will be [...]

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Wide range of North Korean art on show this summer

4 June 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture

David Heather, who is organising the exhibition of North Korean Art at La Galleria in Pall Mall this summer, has just emailed me images of some of the work which is being sent from the Mansudae studio in Pyongyang for the London exhibition. So here’s a flavour of what is to come:

I have a correspondent [...]

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More news on DPRK London art exhibition

15 April 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture

I’ve just received further information on the artists whose work will be on display in London this summer. It’s the top artists in the DPRK, and there should be something for everyone.
The artists are:

Jong Chang Mo (정창모) (People’s Artist, Kim Il Song Prize) – Korean Painting
Son U Yong (선우영) (People’s Artist, Kim Il Song Prize) [...]

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DPRK art exhibition coming to London

6 April 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture

With commendable forward publicity for a Korean cultural event, I hear of an exciting DPRK art exhibition coming to London in July and August this year. From 18 July to 31 August at a gallery space just off Trafalgar Square, it’s early days yet to have full details. But we know that DPRK artist Pak [...]

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