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Chronology

Joint exhibition of avant-garde art groups, the first performance art conducted

Significance

2

Category 1

Exhibition

Category 2

Performance

Year

1967/12/11

Region(venue)

South Korea

Region(content)

City

Seoul

Content

Joint Exhibition of Young Artist Groups is held (Dec. 11–16 at the Central Information Hall, Seoul). It is a joint exhibition by three artists’ groups, Mu (nothing) Group, Origin Fine Arts Association, and Sinjeon (new exhibition) Group. On the 14th, the first art performance Happening) in Korea, Happening with Plastic Umbrella and Candles, is conducted using Choi Boonghyun’s installation work and the script by Oh Gwangsu. The artists also demonstrated to demand the reform of the government’s art policy.

Participating artist(s)

Link

FM No.

1835