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A new limited edition print by Lee Ufan distils his philosophical vision into one signature stroke.
Dialogue is a quintessential example of what has made Lee Ufan a revolutionary figure in East Asian contemporary art. As a leading voice in Dansaekhwa (Korean monochrome painting) and founder of the Mono-ha movement, his restrained gestures, rooted in his childhood practice of calligraphy, create what he calls "a direct encounter with the world".
In this work, a single blue-to-white brushstroke amidst negative space captures his decades-long exploration of colour and form, stillness and movement, silence and gesture.
The 21-colour silkscreen print includes hand-drawn details that capture the depth and subtleties of the artist’s influential work. The edition is made in collaboration with Dia Art Foundation, which the launch fundraises for.
Lee Ufan4 collaborationsLee Ufan is the multidisciplinary master that revolutionised East Asian art in the mid-20th century. His conceptually-rich but visually-restrained practice might look like the minimalism that arose concurrently in the west, but it has very different foundations. Lee studied painting in Seoul for only a few months in 1956 before moving to Japan to study philosophy instead. Nonetheless, by the mid-70s he was a leading figure in Dansaekhwa – Korean monochrome painting. The celebrated From Line and From Point series were influenced by calligraphy exercises he practised as a child. The meditative repetition of lines and dots requires complete command of mind, body, and brush.
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