书籍介绍
This incredible collection of prints dating from the 1950s to the twenty-first century is the only one of its kind in or outside North Korea. Depicting the everyday lives of the country's train conductors, steelworkers, weavers, farmers, scientists, and fishermen, these unique linocut and woodblock prints are a fascinating way to explore the culture of this still virtually unknown country. Together, they are an unparalleled testament to the talent of North Korea's artists and the unique social, cultural, and political conditions in which they work.
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精彩摘录
- "In 2004 I was asked to co-curate the sixth Asia Pacific Art Triennial in Australia that, for the first time, would include work from North Korea. The brief I gave the artists was to depict the people of the Chollima Steelworks, not posed in heroic stances, but as they were in day-to-day life. The ar"
- "More than a decade earlier, on my first visit to North Korea in 1993, I was struck by the level of artistry in everything I saw from subway mosaics to the simple beauty of product design. This was clearly a country that placed great value on artists and artisans to create Pyongyang, a city that woul"
- "Buying art in North Korea is not a problem, but buying good art can be fraught with danger. More than a few collectors have fallen for what appears to be a great work of art, not realising what they have purchased. As well as authentic works of art, there are also legitimate 'copy works' of popular "
- "Art in North Korea ranges from the purely aesthetic to the politically laden. While simple decorative paintings and prints are produced for homes and restaurants, works for public display tend to be of the 'Juche realism' genre. The works are shown in exhibitions and printed in magazines with the ai"
- "This was exactly why Hwang In Jae was so happy to be involved in North Korea's first truly international exhibition. Sadly, he and the other artists didnot attend the 2009 opening to see their works on display. They were deniedentry by the Australian government on the grounds that they were artists "
- "What is it that makes an artist? And is it any different for a North Korean artist? Mainstream media tends to talk about North Korea as a bastion of otherness, total in its oddity and difference, scary and unpredictable. I would like to turn the tables and look at North Korea from the inside out. Th"
- "While it may have much in common with the rest of the world when it comes to the making of an artist, when it comes to the art itself, North Korea is very much an outlier. Decrying art for art's sake as a bourgeois deviation, North Korea does not see art as a self-referential realm. Instead, art hol"
- "Seen from a contemporary western perspective in which it is generally understood that true art is the expression of unbridled creativity and artistic freedom, it may feel like an oxymoron to speak about art in such a constricted context. In practice, however, the creativity of North Korean artists i"
作者简介
Nicholas Bonner studied landscape architecture in the UK. During a study trip to China in 1993 he visited North Korea, and subsequently set up Beijing-based Koryo Tours, specializing in tourism to the DPRK. Since 2001, Bonner has produced three documentaries and a feature film on North Korea. He is the author of Phaidon's bestselling Made in North Korea.
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熟悉的配方，熟悉的味道。
相当高的艺术修养…然而最有趣的是中间夹杂的名句“THE STRENGTH OF ART IS GREATER THAN THAT OF A NUCLEAR BOMB -Kim Jong Un”
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