Nick Bonner & Koryo Studio
at the Association of Asian Studies (2024)
Nick Bonner presenting on North Korean linocuts at the AAS Conference.
Nick Bonner & Koryo Studio
Koryo Tours & Studio’s director Nick Bonner was invited to the Association of Asian Studies in Seattle 2024 annual conference. He and a group of academics were invited to discuss various topics on Pyongyang’s Revolutionary Art Scenes.
Nick’s presentation was entitled ‘Cutting into Pyongyang: Woodcut and Linocut Representations of the City and Its Society’.
Cutting into Pyongyang:
Woodcut and Linocut Representations of the City and Its Society
The presentation covered artistic depictions of various aspects of the city and how the art is used as soft propaganda.
One of the other participants was Jinyoung A Jin who was discussing the work of the artist Lee Quede. He defected to North Korea after the Korean War.
His artwork was prohibited in South Korea and only reinstated in 1988.
He is now recognised as one of the peninsula’s most famous modernist artists.
It is an incredible story.
Look out for Jinyoung A Jin’s upcoming book on this artist.
Association of Asian Studies
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly organization open to anyone interested in Asia and its study. It operates as a non-political, non-profit professional association. With a global membership of around 6,500 individuals, spanning all academic disciplines and regions within Asia, AAS stands as the largest organization of its kind.
Mission
The core mission of the AAS is to promote the advancement of Asian Studies through; international intellectual exchange, networking, publications, scholarly initiatives, and research support. As well as teaching, public outreach, and career development within and outside academic realms.
Values
The AAS is dedicated to serving its members and fostering respectful engagement with partners across Asia and globally. It upholds values such as academic excellence, open inquiry, professional integrity, diversity, and equity. As well as inclusion in both its academic endeavours and organizational efforts to advance Asian Studies.
