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Art Under Control in North Korea
Jane Portal
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Description for Art Under Control in North Korea
Paperback. Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with the isolated Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive curtain also lies a little known and slowly expanding world of art. This book explores the role of art in North Korea. Num Pages: 192 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJ; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 618.
Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with the isolated Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive curtain also lies a little known and slowly expanding world of art. This is the first book to be published in the West which explores the role of art in North Korea, a role that has been based on pronouncements made by the Great Leader, Kim Il-sung and his son the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, about what the State expected of its artists. Jane Portal makes comparisons with those of other, ... Read more
Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with the isolated Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive curtain also lies a little known and slowly expanding world of art. This is the first book to be published in the West which explores the role of art in North Korea, a role that has been based on pronouncements made by the Great Leader, Kim Il-sung and his son the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, about what the State expected of its artists. Jane Portal makes comparisons with those of other, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892362
SKU
V9781861892362
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Ref
99-15
About Jane Portal
Jane Portal is Matsutaro Shoriki Chair in the Department of Asia, Oceania and Africa at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is the author of Korea - Art and Archaeology (2000) and Chinese Love Poetry (2004).
Reviews for Art Under Control in North Korea
Jane Portal's fascinating study of the interface between art and politics in North Korea The Guardian the dispassionate and knowledgeable handling of the material is welcome in a field where comment is largely either adulatory or denigrating ... The author's careful discussion of historical, political, social and historiographic themes may appear to take the subject away from art; but in ... Read more