An Encounter with the Korean Avant-Garde

An Encounter with the Korean Avant-Garde
Co-Presented with the Hammer Museum
Friday, April 12, 2024
Hammer Museum / Bay-Nimoy Studio
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
In-person with ASL Interpretation
 
Presented in collaboration with GYOPO, an L.A.-based collective of Korean cultural producers and art professionals, this program features dialogues with artists and thinkers on the historical, political, and cultural contexts of Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s, with focus on the lasting impacts of this decisive moment within Korea’s local and diasporic creative histories, as well as the larger influence that these art histories have had within the global art world. The afternoon will culminate with a performance by Only the Young artist Sung Neung Kyung.

SCHEDULE
2:00pm Opening Remarks by Yoon Ju Ellie Lee and Pablo Jose Ramirez

2:10pm Keynote
Art historian Joan Kee delivers the keynote address on the Experimental Art movement.

3:15pm Panel Presentations and Discussion
Presentations by sociologist Jennifer Jihye Chun, artist Young Joon Kwak, and art historian Mina Kim will contextualize the experimental art movement and trace its legacies. Following the presentations, curator Harry C. H. Choi will moderate a conversation between the presenters and a Q + A with the audience.

4:45pm Break

5:00pm Performance by Sung Neung Kyung

RSVP NOT REQUIRED

Special thank you to Baik Art and Le Mieux Cosmetics for their generous support and the Hammer Museum for their collaboration on the symposium.