North Korean Art

A Journey of Investigation 6
Relying on Primary Source Research 8
What Has Been Developed Over the Past Six Decades of North Korean Art 10
Ink Wash on Rice Paper 14
The Expression of North Korean-ness 16
The Distinctive Characteristics of Chosonhwa 22
Socialist Realism Ideological Painting 24
The Core of Socialist Realism Collaborative Painting 27
Propagandistic Elements in Collaborative Painting Melodramatic Traits 41
Kitsch Elements Beloved by North Korean 43
Landscape Painting with Unexpected Power 44
Waves in Ink Wash Painting Rice Paper 50
The Obsession to Capture Reality 53
The Tradition of Literati Painting in the DPRK 55
The Auspicious Connotations to the People of the DPRK 62
Uniformity or Assumption 65
Art as the Triumph of Transcending Life's Struggle 67
A Manifestation of Human Spirit & Emotion 69
Art Can Be Still Victimized by Political Ideology 71
The list of artworks 75

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