Comic

The Country I Saw

Comics (Kurimchaek) are available to purchase or borrow from the library or street stalls for youth in North Korea. A form of soft propaganda covering everything from historical drama, anti-Japanese guerilla war, Korean war right up to modern times with north Korean soldiers on a spying mission in the south. Around 20 publications are printed each year, usually stand-alone stories or in three or so parts. Full colour covers and monotone (often black ink cartoons with text in speech balloons). We commissioned a stripped down acrylic version of five comics which we thought best represented this genre, painted by students studying graphics, they were unable to sign their names because the pieces were taken out unofficially. Each piece is limited to 20 prints and is marked in pencil and embossed with the Koryo Studio stamp.

Artworks

Night of Revenge

Night of Revenge
Year: 2012
Size: A3
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 120 EUR
ID: CM01

Out of Earth

Out of Earth
Year: 2012
Size: A3
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 120 EUR
ID: CM02

Red Necktie

Red Necktie
Year: 2012
Size: A3
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 120 EUR
ID: CM03

The Country I Saw

The Country I Saw
Year: 2012
Size: 49 x 69  cm
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 120 EUR
ID: CM04

They Are Back

They Are Back
Year: 2012
Size: 52 x 70 cm
Artist: North Korean graphic artist (Unknown)
Price: 120 EUR
ID: CM05

Artworks featured in Commissions are available for sale. Please inquire with us about availability.

Further Commissioned Works

Higher and Higher
Limited edition linocuts exhibited at Verbeelde Werkelijkheid: Kunst uit Noord-Korea’
#85. CHON YONG SIK, 58, Bookshop Manager, Majon Guesthouse Resort
A series of more than 100 3D portraits of local North Koreans by this award winning photographer
Great Harvest of the Sea
Ship and port themed linocuts by artist Hwang In Jae