A grayscale photo shows a person with an apple covering their mouth. Yellow text reads Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s (English), capturing the spirit of Korean avant-garde art.
A two-page spread from Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, English, titled The Global Village: At the Paris Biennial of 1973 by Kyung An, features text columns and a black-and-white photo of people outside a building.
Left: A square artwork of orange and yellow circles forms an optical illusion, inspired by Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s. Right: Two vertical light sculptures glow orange and teal side by side.
Four black-and-white photos from *Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s* showcase indoor group scenes—two with an umbrella and two with a camera crew—highlighting the collaborative, experimental essence of Korean avant-garde art.
A grayscale photo shows a person with an apple covering their mouth. Yellow text reads Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s (English), capturing the spirit of Korean avant-garde art.
A two-page spread from Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, English, titled The Global Village: At the Paris Biennial of 1973 by Kyung An, features text columns and a black-and-white photo of people outside a building.
Left: A square artwork of orange and yellow circles forms an optical illusion, inspired by Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s. Right: Two vertical light sculptures glow orange and teal side by side.
Four black-and-white photos from *Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s* showcase indoor group scenes—two with an umbrella and two with a camera crew—highlighting the collaborative, experimental essence of Korean avant-garde art.

Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, English

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Edited with text by Kyung An, Kang Soojung. Text by Cho Soojin, Joan Kee, Yeilim Lee, Yoon Jin-sup, and Youngin Arial Kim.

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 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 Neung Kyung, and Yeo Un.

1.       Publisher ‏ : ‎ Guggenheim Museum Publications (October 24, 2023)

2.       Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 280 pages

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