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Mansudae Art Studio | |
Korean name | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 만수대창작사 |
Hancha | 萬壽臺創作社 |
Revised Romanization | Mansudae Changjaksa |
McCune–Reischauer | Mansudae Ch'angjaksa |
The Mansudae Art Studio is an art studio in Pyeongcheon District, Pyongyang, North Korea. It was founded in 1959,[1] and it is one of the largest centers of art production in the world, at an area of over 120,000 square meters.[2] The studio employs around 4,000 people, 1,000 of whom are artists picked from the best academies in North Korea.[1][3][4] Most of its artists are graduates of Pyongyang University.[1] The studio consists of 13 groups, including those for woodcuts, charcoal drawings, ceramics, embroidery and jewel paintings, among other things.[1]
The studio has produced many of North Korea's most important monuments, such as the Monument to the Founding of the Korean Workers Party,[5] the Chollima Statue, and the Mansu Hill Grand Monument.[6][7] Its foreign commercial division is known as the Mansudae Overseas Project Group of Companies, which as of 2014 has created monuments for 18 African and Asian nations.[7] All images of the Kim family are produced by the Mansudae Art Studio.[5] Before his death, the Mansudae Art Studio was under the guidance of Kim Jong Il.[3][8] Since 2009, the studio has had its own space also in the 798 Art District in Beijing, China, known as the Mansudae Art Museum.[1]