The author graduated from the Department of Painting in College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University and also from the same university’s graduate school, then traveled abroad to France in 1989, receiving his master’s degree and doctor’s degree (D.E.A.) in formative arts at the University of Paris VIII and his doctor’s degree in art history at the University of Paris I. His books include The Birth of market Art, The Art of Speed, Genius is Dead, Desire and Loss of Contemporary Art, An Art Museum Without Paintings-Exploration and Prospect of the Art Museum in Public, History of Humanity as Seen by Masterpieces, Art Speaks of Wounds. The author is currently employed as a professor in the Department of Sculpture at Seoul National University.