From Feb. 11 to May 12, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles will hold the exhibition "Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s." Shown is "Untitled," one of the works displayed at the event by Park Hyunki. (Korea Foundation)

By Kim Hyelin

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles will host the exhibition "Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s" following its co-hosting in New York by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts (MMCA) and the Guggenheim Museum.

The four-month exhibition at the Guggenheim attracted an estimated 250,000 visitors following the MMCA's hosting of it in Seoul last year.

Scheduled from Feb. 11 to May 12, the exhibition at the Hammer will show some 80 works by 29 artists including Kim Kulim, Sung Neungkyung, Park Hyunki, Lee Kang-So, Lee Kun-Yong, Lee Seung-taek, Jung Kangja and Ha Chong-Hyun.

Young artists in the two decades used a variety of media such as painting, sculpture, photography and video to express social changes caused by Korea's rapid modernization and urbanization through their works. Art historian Kim Mikyung later referred to these pieces as "experimental Korean art."

Affiliated with the School of Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Hammer owns about 50,000 works ranging from classical to modern and contemporary arts.

During the exhibition period, the museum from Feb. 27 through May 8 will run four times a program to raise public understanding of the works by having Korean artists based in Los Angeles accompany visitors. It will run on a first-come, first-served basis with no reservation or admission fee, and more details are on the museum's website (https://hammer.ucla.edu).

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