2011
Touching the Hearts and Minds of the People
Koryo Studio’s North Korean art exhibition at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii.
An exhibition of North Korean art from Koryo Studio (Nicholas Bonner’s collection), showcased at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, co-curated by Leiden University’s Koen de Ceuster. The exhibition was the most diverse selection of North Korean art ever seen outside of the country and timed to coincide with the conference of the Association of Asian Scholars.
Our story
Koryo Studio saw this exhibition as an opportunity to show the multi-faceted nature of North Korea’s ideologically-driven arts world. Touching the Hearts and Minds of the People offered viewers the opportunity to associate North Korea with that very human urge, to create and represent our lives through art. Bonner’s extensive collection of North Korean art made this exhibition possible.
Steelworks Smelter Comrade Yun Song Kwon
Year: unknown
Artist: Kim Song Min
Medium: ink on paper
Size: 45 x 36 cm
Selected Artworks
Title: unknown
Year: January 17th 1981
Artist: Ko Yong Ha
Medium: Ink
Size: 101 x 79 cm
Title: unknown
Year: around 1950
Artist: Chong Hyon Ung
Medium: black ink and water colour
Size: 29 x 62 cm
Comrade Cho Sun Ae
Year: May 20th 1982
Artist: Hong Chol
Medium: Ink
Size: 53 x 39 cm
Title: unknown
Year: April 1991
Artist: Chol Ung
Medium: Ink
Size: 47 x 61 cm
At the Shoe Factory
Year: 1995
Artist: Yong Su
Medium: Ink
Size: 47 x 61 cm
Flowers
Year: 1989
Artist: Kim Ki Man
Medium: Ink
Size: 47 x 61 cm
Let’s Catch more Sardines!
Year: 1986
Artist: Ro Sung Swan
Gouache with typography prepared for print run
Size: 78 x 54 cm
Title: unknown
Year: around 1950
Artist: Chong Hyon Ung
Medium: black ink and water colour
Size: 29 x 62 cm
Comrade Cho Sun Ae
Year: 1998
Artist: Kim Pong Ju
Medium: Ink
Size: 53 x 39 cm
Our Factory’s Shunting Tracks
Year: 1974
Artist: Pang Son Hwa
Medium: Lino block edition (3 of 4 prints)
Size: 27 x 54 cm
The Persimmon Village
Year: December 2008
Artist: Song Yong Su
Medium: Linocut 8/8
Size: 45 x 45 cm
Title: unknown
Year: 1982
Artist: Rim Hong Un
Medium: Water colour
Size: 53 x 83 cm
Title: unknown
Year: January 2007
Artist: Song Pyong Kuk
Medium: Watercolour
Size: 114 x 83 cm
Steelworks Smelter Comrade Yun Song Kwon
Year: unknown
Artist: Kim Song Min
Medium: ink on paper
Size: 45 x 36 cm