Lecture.

Annotation
North Korean artists are restricted to practicing only one form of art, that of socialist realism. We will look at the artistic training, mediums used (ink, oil, linocut) and subject matter and the intention of the finished art to both teach and inspire the viewer. The majority of the images used in the presentation have never been seen outside North Korea and provide an unprecedented opportunity to see for the first time the allegorical messaging wrapped inside the composition. “A picture must be painted in such a way that the viewer can understand its meaning. If the people who see a picture cannot grasp its meaning no matter how talented its creator, they cannot say it is a good picture.” Kim Jong Il