Lee Ufan | From Line(W)

Framed dimensions: 71.12cm W x 55.88cm H *This price includes custom framing. *Please note that display images/simulated images and actual posters may have color differences, and colors may vary between different screens. The actual artwork is the definitive standard, and we appreciate your understanding. **Due to its large size, only courier delivery is available.** Production: Giclée print, made in the USA. Edition: Open edition Publication: Produced by an American museum under official license from Lee Ufan, imported from the USA. --- Artwork Title: From Line(W) https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2025/09/07/0359fb2ccef1e887d8db7b9c6811b7fd.jpg Lee Ufan's representative series, "From Line," features large-scale works composed of blue lines. These lines, cascading like raindrops, are created by dipping a brush in cyan pigment and drawing downwards in a single direction until the color is completely exhausted. Despite being drawn downwards, they create an illusion of rising upward. These meticulously rendered lines also evoke a sense of inner thoughts and scattered emotions being neatly organized. Lee Ufan repeats the brushstroke process until the pigment runs out, maintaining a consistent rhythm and order, which imbues the artwork with a sense of movement. The gradual fading of the brushstrokes reveals subtle shifts in tone, symbolizing beginnings and endings, and the transitions of life. The generous white space at the bottom of the artwork symbolizes the concept of "creation and dissipation." Through this gradually blurring blank area, viewers are invited into a meditative state, allowing their minds to find calm. --- Artist Introduction: Lee Ufan https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2025/08/08/674b03d1152d7497eacab596c72cc5e7.jpeg Lee Ufan is a masterful cross-disciplinary artist who profoundly revolutionized East Asian art in the mid-20th century. His creative concepts are deep, yet his visual expression is remarkably restrained. While it might superficially resemble the Minimalism that emerged concurrently in the West, its foundations are entirely different. After briefly studying painting in Seoul in 1956, Lee Ufan moved to Japan to pursue philosophy. By the mid-1970s, however, he had become a leading figure in Korea's "Dansaekhwa" (monochromatic painting) movement. His renowned "From Line" and "From Point" series were inspired by the calligraphy he practiced in his childhood. These works demonstrate an exceptional control over mind, body, and brushstroke through meditative, repetitive lines and dots. Lee Ufan does not significantly distinguish between his roles as an artist, poet, and philosopher, as he believes all three share the same objective: to reveal the true essence of existence. He once stated, "In everyday life... this world is merely an irrelevant landscape, as if it doesn't exist, and thus is alienated from us." In the late 1960s, he spearheaded the "Mono-ha" (School of Things) movement, which rejected representational object depiction in favor of "direct dialogue and physical interaction with the world." His "Relatum" series (begun in 1968) exemplifies this pursuit: through unusual yet precise arrangements of abstract materials, he aims to awaken viewers, prompting them to move beyond habitual, passive modes of perception. These installation works, such as "Relatum—Phenomenon and Perception B" (1968), where a stone presses on shattered glass, or "Relatum—Versailles Arch" (2014), with two large stones flanking a steel arch, convey a message that our existence is contingent and the universe is fragile. Biography Born in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, in 1936, Lee Ufan moved to Japan to attend university in 1956. He currently lives and works between Japan and Paris. Museums In addition to his works being held in major public collections worldwide, Lee Ufan has two museums named after him. The Lee Ufan Museum on Naoshima, Japan, was designed by renowned architect Tadao Ando. Lee Ufan Arles in the South of France is an exhibition space and cultural venue dedicated to showcasing his artistic practice and philosophy. https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2024/12/13/6245b7a7e0a83192d72c38b992c7f8f6.jpg https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2025/08/27/baaa771226ff5ad24ea55a20bb28e60e.jpg https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2022/04/12/c6d34fbc231337ab8da27935ab4f31db.jpg https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2022/01/14/1134fa6cd7cfbb6ffc6c2529c9f80d92.jpg https://image-cdn-flare.qdm.cloud/q665027dd6a3a4/image/data/2022/01/14/1aa39bffc4d2ad4f72254a345e4e294e.jpg