North Korea's art of propaganda
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David Heather buys North Korean propaganda posters to sell to art collectors overseas. The hand-painted posters are produced at a studio complex in Pyongyang, where about 1,000 artists work.
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- Culture, Art and Style, Art
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Archambeau
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I feel the same way about this that I feel about a lot of advertising -- wowed by the technique, and wishing I could pry the art of it all away from the cause it serves. On the one hand, cool graphics are cool graphics. On the other hand, I wouldn't want, say, a fascist or other totalitarian banner hanging on my wall, no matter how cool the graphics were -- and the North Korean regime is about as bad as it gets...
- 3 years ago
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Archambeau
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ColossalView
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I have visited the official north Korea republic website and have found such artworks as these labeled on mugs, t-shirt, disc, banners, and other items. They are art regardless of any political view and are interesting to look at. I believe these work will be seen in art history already or soon.
- 3 years ago
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ColossalView
