Nho Wonhee

Reality and Utterance was a minjung (people’s) is an art group active from 1979 to 1989. The group membership consisted of art critics and artists who wanted to make art that not only reflected the everyday joys and political struggles of Korean society, but also actively transformed socio-political realities. Members of this group made art that was a reaction against and in opposition to the state-supported modern art, namely dansaekhwa and international abstraction. As the name of this group suggests they wanted to "speak truth with art" about the state of Korean society despite the harsh censorship of the government.