Juche incorporates the historical materialist ideas of Marxism–Leninism but also strongly emphasizes the individual, the nation state, and national sovereignty. Juche posits that a country will prosper once it has become self-reliant by achieving …

May 10, 2022 · Juche Realism creates an imaginary “alternative reality”, one whose goal, as the art historian Min-Kyung Yoon puts it, is the “visualization of an emotional truth that conveys values rather than factual accuracy.”

Juche art theorists in North Korea divide world art history into two kinds: "peoples' art", reflecting the needs of the masses, and "reactionary art", reflecting the ideology of the...

Juche displays North Korea's cultural distinctiveness as it is the origin and sole adopter of the ideology. [1] Art in North Korea is primarily didactic, where cultural expression serves as an instrument for inculcating Juche ideology and the need to continue the struggle for revolution and reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

It is because the heyday of Juche-oriented arts created in the 1970s is the priceless treasure made by the unusual wisdom and great devotion of the Chairman.

Mar 1, 2020 · Informed by North Korean theoretical writings on art and art reviews, this article examines how history is visually mobilized in three paintings created in 1985 and 2000 through the language of juche realism.

On the Art of Opera is a 1974 treatise by Kim Jong Il on opera. According to Korea University associate professor of North Korean studies Jae-Cheon Lim , it is one of the most important North Korean works on the arts.

Large ink drawings, many of them in color, show mostly landscapes, animals or plants: Torrents, canyons, mountain lakes, cherry blossoms, eagles and a swarm of shrimps. In fact, these light subjects were "allowed" by Kim Jong-il only in the 70s.

In the PRC, Mao Zedong saw art as a weapon for the people. Elsewhere in the world, ‘traditional’ art genres are continually reinvented to recuperate, create or enhance national unity: the imagined community. 1 Where culture becomes

Informed by North Korean theoretical writings on art and art reviews, this article examines how history is visually mobilized in three paintings created in 1985 and 2000 through the language of juche realism.