Park's intensified military regime. The Fourth Group (제4집단 jesajipdan), formed in 1967, began staging public happenings that led to debate and commotion within and outside of the Korean contemporary art scene. The AG Group was formed in 1969, almost concurrent with the artist group Space & Time Group (ST), in this lieu of adopting and adapting artistic genres from the West that led to the development of a more diverse body of practices in Korea. The artist group's activities began with publishing their own Journal AG, a significant feat when art-focused periodicals or magazines were nearly absent. Their efforts were united under the motto: “Premised on a strong consciousness towards avant-garde art, [the AG Group] seeks out and creates a new formal order upon the vision-deprived Korean art scene to contribute to the development of Korean Art.” Exhibition History The AG Group organized exhibitions under a singular theme, which is considered one of the first attempts to do so in Korea. The AG Group held four group exhibitions and one biennial between its founding and dissolution. 1st AG Group Exhibition: Dynamics of Expansion and Reduction Held at the Central Public Information Center (중앙공보관) between May 1–7, 1970, the 1st AG Group Exhibition was titled after critic Lee Yil's essay, “Dynamics of Expansion and Reduction (확장과 환원의 역학).” The 1970 issue of the AG Journal included a special section dedicated to the group exhibition, which was printed in time for the show to act as an accompanying catalog. Because the artists needed to submit information about their exhibiting works before the installation, there have been discrepancies between what was published and what was actually put on display. Most of the presented works responded to images of modernized urban environments. The 12 participating artists and their presented works were: Choi Myoung Young: Be Deteriorated 70-B (변질 70-B), 1970. The installation incorporated concrete pipes and cloths to reflect the changing environment of Seoul due to rapid urbanization and industrialization. Ha Chong Hyun: Work (작품), 1970. The installation work was built with x-ray images, mirrors, canvas, plywood, and lights, as a response to the forces of modernization which resulted in frequent and temporal building and demolition. Kim Han: Retrogression (역행), 1970. Influenced by a pop-art style, Kim painted images of offices, street lights, and roads with primary colors and straight lines. 35 Kim Kulim: From Phenomenon to Traces (현상에서 흔적으로), 1970. While the AG