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Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Art. Vivid visual materials of the North Korean art scene based on nine visits over six years by Georgetown University professor BG Muhn. The art creation environment of North Korean contemporary ideological and collaborative paintings revealed for the first time. NORTH KOREAN THE ENIGMATIC WORLD OF CHOSONHWA offers the reader a rare glimpse into the art, culture, and society of North Korea, a country largely closed off from the world for more than seven decades. This book examines the development and characteristics of chosonhwa, the style of painting unique to the DPRK and that nation's primary vehicle for Socialist Realism art through the present day. Author BG Muhn made nine trips to Pyongyang in six years. He documents his journey from initial fascination, through first-hand research, to his unexpected discovery of the creative and expressive dimensions of this art form. He gained special access to see national treasures, interviewed artists and cultural leaders, and surveyed a broad range of books and visual documents. Through his perspective as a practicing visual artist, Muhn makes the case that North Korean painting meri

Author

B. G. Muhn

Publisher

Seoul Selection U.S.A. Inc.

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781624121272

Subjects

Art, Arts