Korean Avant-Garde Association

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The Korean Avant-Garde Association (Korean: 한국아방가르드협회, romanized: Hangugabanggareudeuhyeopoe), better known as the AG Group, was a post-war collective of artists and critics in South Korea that practiced and advocated for the role of avant-garde art in and, thus, the advancement of contemporary Korean art. Between its establishment in 1969 and dissolution in 1975, the group organized three major, thematic group exhibitions and the 1974 Seoul Biennale, while publishing its own journal, AG. The association's members experimented across painting, sculpture, installation art, and performance art. The journal, driven by its members who were art critics, highlighted and discussed theories and trends in the visual arts on an international scale, which was one of the first attempts to do so in South Korea. Their organized and pioneering efforts have been noted as significant to the development of contemporary Korean art.

Members included artists Choi Myoung Young (최명영, 1941–), Ha Chong Hyun, Kim Dong Kyu (김동규, 1939–) Kim Kulim, Kim Han (김한, 1938–2008), Kim Tchah-sup, Kwak Hoon (곽훈, 1941–), Lee Kang-So (이강소, 1943–), Lee Kun-Yong (이건용, 1942–), Lee Seung Jio (이승조, 1941–1990), Lee Seung-taek (이승택, 1932–), Park Suk-Won (박석원, 1942–), Park Chongbae (박종배, 1935–), Shin Hak Chul (신학철, 1943–), Shim Moon-Seup (심문섭, 1942–), Suh Seung-Won (서승원, 1942–), as well as critics Lee Yil (이일, 1932–), Kim In-Hwan (김인환, 1937–2011), and O Kwang-su (오광수, 1938–).