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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007


why do new statues look so weird and lovely compared to older ones

are they making them differently? hiring worse artists? idk

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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Fallen Hamprince posted:

the more recent ones are commissioned by private individuals on the cheap. westerner countries don't do a lot of figurative statuary anymore, north korea actually makes a bit of cash hiring out their sculptors for african and asian dictatorships because they're the only ones who still to socialist realism

hmm maybe they are good

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Al! posted:

if you fuckers turn this into another one of your pro socialism/anti socialism arguments im going to hack you to death with this axe



i'm just saying i can appreciate a nice statue

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Weeping Wound posted:

what's the story behind this woodcutter's axe?

a north kroean soldier in the dmz flipped out and killed some americans with it

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Weeping Wound posted:

aah, okay, I didn't know that one

how long ago?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_murder_incident

1976

and actually it was a bunch of north korean soldiers who killed two guys, i think i'm getting it confused with something else

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007


i refuse to believe this one was created in sincerity

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Fallen Hamprince posted:

they'd probably argue it's for protection against night bombing but they can't because pyongyang, home of the urban bourgoise revolutionary vanguard, is lit up 24/7

also it's not ww2 anymore

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Ace of Baes posted:

North Korea is a fascist dictatorship with a handful of hyperwealthy/military peeps living well while the rest of the country is starving/conscripted

imperialist fake news

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

logikv9 posted:

we're three posts from defending the Khmer rouge

i think you'll find they had the right idea about the out of touch urban elites

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Send the front row kids into the fields

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Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Fast Luck posted:

Their subway system is stylish




with cool murals




and, also, pragmatically,

They just stole their style from Stalin

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