Kim Il-sung statue and Mansudae Grand Monument, Pyongyang (photographed 2010)
A bronze statue of Kim Il-sung, one arm extended, stands on a low plinth before a columned building with a mountain mosaic on its wall. To the left a long bronze relief group of marching figures stands before two red stylised flags. The photographer's note says there are over 500 statues of Kim in the country. The tell: transfer, the state's founding and revolutionary history are set in one public ensemble around the leader's figure, with the mass of the people placed in relief beside him.
- Date
- September 4, 2010
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- DPRK state (Mansudae Art Studio; Mansudae Grand Monument)
- Region
- East Asia
- Country
- North Korea
- Medium
- Photograph
- Issuer type
- State
- Leader
- Kim Il Sung
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Leader
- Kim Jong Un
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 2.0 (photographer Roman Harak via Flickr; Commons file page states licence)
Roman Harak (Flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
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