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North Korean linocut

2008

North Korean Images at Utopia's Edge

The first ever North Korea’s linocut print exhibition in the United States.

The exhibition showcased in partnership with the Korea Society. The 24 images were all from the Koryo Archive, one of the world’s largest depositories of North Korean art and culture outside of the DPRK. The exhibition spanned three decades of North Korean artistry and offered Americans their first exposure to North Korean conceptions of daily life, work, family and the “Fatherland”.

Korea Society Linocut Exhibition

“This exhibition expands the parameters of what might be considered things North Korean: into the realms of work, art and utopian dreams.”

Janet Poole, Assistant Professor at The Centre for the Study of Korea in Toronto

Our story

Koryo Studio worked with the Korea Society to tour the exhibition around the United States for three years at their institute in New York and nationwide at various university galleries. Viewers enjoyed the curiosity of North Korean linocuts, and ultimately left with a more nuanced and indeed humanizing view of life in North Korea.

University of Toronto Arts Centre

University of Toronto Arts Centre

“With this exhibition the Society hopes to create many small ripples that will multiply and combine to become a larger wave of appreciation and understanding of Korea (both South and North) and its culture, kindling curiosity and encouraging further explorations.”

Jinyoung Kim, Gallery Director of Korea Society

Poster

Selected Artworks

Electric Railway Construction Site

Electric Railway Construction Site
Year: 1987
Kwon Hyok Man
Linocut on high gloss paper
Size: 47 x 28 cm

Love

Love
Year: 2002/2003
Chae Yong Sun
Linoleum
Size: 53.5 x 78.5 cm

Propaganda Girl

Propaganda Girl
Year: unknown
Han Song Ho, Jo Yong Chol
Linoleum
Size: 41.5 x 33 cm

Railway Signaller

Railway Signaller
Year: unknown
Je Won
Linoleum
Size: 45.5 x 75

Spring Wind

Spring Wind
Year: 1985
Kim Ok Son
Linoleum
Size: 41.5 x 87 cm

Teacher

Teacher
Year: unknown
Kim Yun Sok
Linoleum
Size: 47 x 85.5 cm

Technical Innovation

Technical Innovation
Year: 1986
Kim Yong
Linoleum
Size: 86.5 x 54 cm

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