April 24, 2024
Interviews

How Kim Jong Un became the focus of a new iPhone app

Child of Soviet Union believes art has potential to break down propaganda

Nadia Khuzina (Надежда Хузина), a Soviet-born artist now living in San Diego, California, makes money by painting dictators.

Starting with the leaders of her native Russia, Khuzina quickly moved on to figures like Bush, Mugabe and Castro. But it didn't take long for North Korea to grab her attention, with no other than Kim Jong Un becoming the focus of her latest art-project – an iPhone app called Slot Dictators.

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