Projects tagged "Song Byeok"

After escape from North Korea, artist turns from propaganda to pop art
Practitioner:
Song Byeok
Date:
Mar 25 2012
By Paul Ferguson, CNN updated 9:50 PM EDT, Sun March 25, 2012 Atlanta (CNN) -- Song Byeok had every reason to be pleased with his success. A gift for drawing led to a prestigious career as a propaganda artist and full membership in North Korea's communist party. Then the food shortages started.
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North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back Home
Practitioner:
Song Byeok
Date:
Jan 1 2018
Song Byeok is one of the most acclaimed Korean artists living today. He is from North Korea, where he was a propaganda artist for the North Korean government for two decades. After defecting in 2002, Byeok has turned his prolific creativity into powerful, satirical art using North Korea’s ruling culture as motifs.
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