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A pioneering survey of Korea's dynamic postwar avant-garde, with new translations of manifestos, articles and primary sources

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 avant-garde 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 innovativeand often provocativeapproaches to materials and process through performance, installation, photography and video.
Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s1970s accompanies the first exhibition i

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      Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.
      Publication Date: 24/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9780892075614, 978-0892075614
      ISBN10: 892075619
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      Book Synopsis

      A pioneering survey of Korea's dynamic postwar avant-garde, with new translations of manifestos, articles and primary sources

      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 avant-garde 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 innovativeand often provocativeapproaches to materials and process through performance, installation, photography and video.
      Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s1970s accompanies the first exhibition i

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