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DPRK propaganda at London’s most famous bookshop

by Philip Gowman on 22 April, 2008

in DPRK, Events news, General book news, North Korean art

To coincide with the launch of David Heather’s book on DPRK propaganda art at the end of this month, Foyles is to be decorated with some examples of DPRK posters from David’s collection.
The book, entitled North Korean Posters, comes from Prestel Publishing, and will be launched at Foyles next week. The posters will be on [...]

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New books for the Spring

7 April 2008 General book news

Three recent publications:
First, a new book in the Korean Spirit and Culture series, produced by the aptly named Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project. This is their fourth, and is the first of two to explore Fifty Wonders of Korea. This volume covers Culture and Art, while the next one will cover Science and Technology.
The [...]

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

26 August 2007 DPRK: Artists Art & Culture
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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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