How did conceptual art take shape in Korea?

Conceptual art emerged in the West in the 1960s, emphasizing artist ideas or concepts over the appearance or form of an artwork.

It shifted attention from the visual to the realms of language and ideas.

"Language-based conceptual art began in New York, but when it arrived in different countries, it became connected to each country's political and social situation and was understood in different ways," curator Bae Myung-ji said on June 18 at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Kor ...