Interpreting the Exhibition
From Gielen's "local, global, glocal" map, we get that Local time is a conception of time that presents history as a series of chronological events, using linear time as a guide to show how the past has developed and changed. This conception of time sees the past as a complete period that is fixed, no longer permeating the present, and unable to intervene in the past. It emphasizes the importance and sanctity of historical events and views historical narratives as the only "true" interpretation.
Guggenheim Museum’s Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s-1970s is an exhibition where Local is the main narrative. Here visitors passively follow time and history to see and experience the occurrence of experimental art in Korea. The exhibition explores the innovative and genre-bending art created during Korea's transition period. The artists involved in this movement were young people who grew up after the Korean War. The artworks created during this period reflect the evolving socio-economic and material conditions influenced by domestic political changes and global developments.
Only the Young is the first exhibition in North America to focus exclusively on Korean experimental art (silheom misul) and the artists associated with it." The term "silheom misul" refers to experimental or avant-garde art in Korean. In the 1960s and 1970s, these artists dealt with materials and processes in radical ways, creating important avant-garde practices that had a notable impact on the twentieth-century art world.