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Knowledge Quarter Private View: The People in the Gallery and Made in North Korea

18 04 2018 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

- Free

The Knowledge Quarter is delighted to invite staff from Knowledge Quarter organisations to the next in our series of private breakfast views. It will be on this occasion hosted at House of Illustration, where you will get to view two new exhibitions. KQ staff and partner organisations will have the opportunity to have an exclusive look at The People in the Gallery, the final exhibition by their Illustrator in Residence Christy Burdock and Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK; the House of Illustration’s blockbuster exhibition.

About Christy Burdock: The People in the Gallery

Christy Burdock’s work tells the complex story of the everyday; she immerses herself in microsocieties then layers her studies with metaphor and imagination. This exhibition will feature House of Illustration visitors, staff and artists in large-scale observations of her six months spent as Illustrator in Residence.

“Burdock’s drawings immediately struck me with their sense of narrative and atmospheric rendition. I was engaged by the groups of figures which are mysterious but believable like people in dreams. Delicate and unusual colour is used to good effect in a personal way.” Chloe Cheese

About Made in North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK

“A rare glimpse into an isolated graphic culture” Financial Times
“Offers a new perspective by looking at everyday life there” Design Week

Hundreds of original objects including food packaging, ticket stubs and stamps, together with hand-painted propaganda posters and comics, give an unprecedented insight into everyday life in the DPRK. The exhibition displays the collection of Nicholas Bonner, the foremost expert on North Korean graphic culture, tourism and film, who has led tours to the country for 25 years.

“This collection represents common objects given beautiful status by the hand-drawn graphics from North Korea’s most creative designers. Some of the work is elaborate but the basic designs too should not be overlooked – minimalistic simplicity creating beautifully rhythmic artwork.” Nicholas Bonner

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Venue

House of Illustration
2 Granary Square, Kings Cross
London, N1C 4BH United Kingdom
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Venue

House of Illustration
2 Granary Square, Kings Cross
London, N1C 4BH United Kingdom
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