Kim Mi Kyung is the director of the Korean Art Research Institute (KARI) and a professor at Kangnam University, in Yongin, South Korea. She is the author of Meta critique on Korean Painting of 60 years (우리 그림 批評, KARI ART, Seoul: Korea, 2008), Encountering Lee Ufan on the path of Mono-ha (모노하의 길에서 만난 이우환, Gonggan sa, Seoul: Korea, 2006), A Historical Sketch of Korean Modern Art-Reading with Politics, Economics and Society (한국현대미술자료 略史-정치 경제 사회와 함께 보는 한국현대미술, ICAS, Seoul: Korea, 2003) and Experimental Art in Korea (한국의 실험미술, Sigong Sa, Seoul: Korea, 2003). Exhibitions she has organized include Dépaysement: Blooming the City, Korean culture and art phenomenon (데페이즈망-벌어지는 도시, Arko Art Center, The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Seoul, Korea, 2011).
At what moment did artists in Korea show work that was considered experimental, underground, and contemporary? How are the first Korean Happenings, from the late 1960s, seen from today’s perspective? These questions were addressed by Kim Mikyung at a C-MAP presentation at The Museum of Modern Art in April 2014. Her talk, published below, surveys…
