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Desire for National Art: North Korean Art in the 1960s as a Postcard Book of Joseon Art

Soo-Kyung Shin 1

1충남대학교 인문과학연구소

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In the late 1950s, Pyongyang changed its atmosphere as the war-torn city was restored and traditional buildings were newly dancheonged. Looking at Pyongyang, which was transformed into Dancheong, the painter Jeong Jong-Yeo suggested several opinions regarding the development of the field of color painting in Joseon painting. In this way, discussions based on the direction of the traditional inheritance of Joseon painting, especially how to implement national traditions in art, centered on color painting in the 1960s. The fierce debate over Joseon painting ended on October 16, 1966, when Kim Il-Sung made a statement after watching the Ninth National Art Exhibition, which signaled the establishment of North Korean-style national art emphasizing subjectivity. This article is the subject of research on the postcard collection of Joseon Art (Foreign Literature Publishing Co., 1967), consisting of works representing this period. These postcard paintings, consisting of works which won prizes at the National Art Exhibition in 1965 and 1966, are characterized by a variety of themes, a concise overall composition, and an active use of color. This article is meaningful in that it examined the aspirations and characteristics of North Korean-style national art in the mid-1960s through specific works and through artist analyses.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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