Only the young : experimental art in Korea, 1960s-1970s / edited by Kyung An and Kang Soojung ; with essays by Kyung An, Cho Soojin, Kan Soojung, Joan Kee, and Yoon Jin-sup.



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Cocurated by Kyung An, Associate Curator, Asian Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Kang Soojung, Senior Curator, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s - 1970s"... National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul May 26 - July 16, 2023. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York September 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles February 11 - May 12, 2024. Includes bibliographical references.

Title
Only the young : experimental art in Korea, 1960s-1970s / edited by Kyung An and Kang Soojung ; with essays by Kyung An, Cho Soojin, Kan Soojung, Joan Kee, and Yoon Jin-sup.
Artist
An, Kyung, editor, essay contributor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxPyc8FXFjHDhJG3w9mBd.
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Language
English
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Book
Abstract
The 1960s and 1970s marked a period of exceptional change in Korea, propelled by rapid urbanization and modernization, and influenced by an authoritarian state at home and a globalizing world beyond. Young artists of the era were not immune to these unprecedented socioeconomic, political and material conditions, responding with a groundbreaking and genre-defying body of avantgarde art known broadly as Experimental art (silheom misul). Both as individuals and in collectives, these artists broke definitively with their predecessors, redefining the boundaries of traditional painting and sculpture while embracing innovative-and often provocative-approaches to materials and process through performance, installation, photography and video. Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s-1970s accompanies the first exhibition in North America to examine this influential but understudied period. Featuring incisive new scholarship and lavish photography of works drawn from public and private collections across the globe, the volume also brings together translations of articles, artist manifestos and other primary sources that offer a firsthand perspective on the ideas and discourses then shaping Korean art. What emerges is the story of how this generation of young Korean artists harnessed the power of art to confront and reimagine an ever-shifting present. Artists include: Choi Boonghyun, Choi Byungso, Chung Chanseung, Ha Chong- Hyun, Han Youngsup, Jung Kangja, Kang Kukjin, Kim Hanyong, Kim Kulim, Kim Tchahsup, Kim Youngjin, Lee Hyangmi, Lee Hyeonjae, Lee Kang-So, Lee Kun-Yong, Lee Seungjio, Lee Seung-taek, Lee Taehyun, Limb Eungsik, Moon Bokcheol, Nam Sanggyun, Park Hyunki, Shim Moon-seup, Shin Hakchul, Song Burnsoo, Suh Seungwon, Sung Neungkyung and Yeo Un.
Year
2023
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