Interesting "thoughts" given on the NK wave picture that's been talked about today… I was looking around for an "interpretation" of the piece. Not much on it that I could find…
http:// artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=57331#.WoILn3anEb5
Artists of the North Korean Mansudae Art Studio open exhibition at galerie son
"Within such an ideology, abstract art is not acceptable. But particularly in the representation of water, painters are able to create big surfaces that integrate both the virtuosity of realistic depiction and the zest of the abstract. This becomes specially evident in the oilpainting by KIM Song Gun showing a seashore landscape with water masses wildly rising before a background of jagged rock formations belonging to the Kumgang-mountains, which look as if they are collapsing due to the impact of the water. The representation of little seagulls in the foreground further emphasizes the quality of water as a powerful force of nature. Whether this force is a metaphore for the regime or just a representation of the passing of time is left to the viewer. This picture is a variant of a painting by the same artist, which was often used as a background for official photographs of politicians, like when Bill Clinton came on an official visit in 2009. The Wall Street Journal’s reporter Eric Gibson condemned it all to quickly as “totalitarian kitsch”. But even he noticed that “the waves were bigger than the figures posing for the photograph, and they dominated the foreground as if ready to break out and drown the assembled dignitaries.”