'Today, weapons of mass destruction and geopolitical controversy are the first things associated with North Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive iron curtain drawn across the 38th parallel is a little-known and slowing expanding world of art.
Art Under Control in North Korea is the first publication in the West to explore the role of art in one of the world's most isolated nations. This timely publication places North Korean art in its historical, political and social contexts, discusses the state system of producing, employing, promoting and honouring artists, and examines the range of art produced, from painting and calligraphy to architecture and applied art. Jane Portal also compares the control exerted over artists by North Korean leaders to that of other absolute dictatorships, and looks at the ways in which archaeology has been employed for political ends to justify the present leadership and lineage.' —from the back cover
 
Includes references, bibliography and index.

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Onsite

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REF.POJ
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2005

No of pages

192

ISBN / ISSN

1861892365

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

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

Art Under Control in North Korea
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Art Under Control in North Korea