Lee Ufan

This Korean artist, who divides his time between Kamakura, Japan and Paris, France was one of the founders of the Japanese Mono-ha school, which filtered Minimalist aesthetics through Japan’s tradition of animism and the formal restraint in found cultural expressions as rock gardens, bonsai trees tea ceremonies, etc. Ufan, who believes object possess a sort of consciousness, often juxtaposes boulders and steel plates as a feature of his sculptural installations. His paintings, meanwhile, are made up of single huge brushstrokes of blended color applied to equally large, though otherwise empty, backgrounds. His latest sculptures and paintings are presented here.