Lee Ufan - 2 examples

Born in 1936 in Haman-gun, South Korea, Lee Ufan is an internationally recognized sculptor, minimalist painter, and art scholar. He is best known for being one of the founders of the Japanese Mono-ha movement and a member of the Korean Monotone Art movement Dansaekhwa.

In his work, Ufan often creates a juxtaposition between industrial and natural materials, such as natural stones perched on cushions, steel reeds jutting out of a sand patch, or a metal arc towering over boulders. Ufan assembles his sculptures and installations in a manner that the exhibition space, the audience, and his artwork share an equal relationship.

Dansaekhwa: Korean monochrome painting: Everything you need to know

Paintings, Sculptures / 18 minutes of reading
What is Dansaekhwa? Dansaekhwa is an art movement born in South Korea in the 1970s. The pioneers of Dansaekhwa are born between 1913 and 1936 and avoided any reference to Western realism in their works, creating primarily monochrome and minimalist paintings. Dansaekhwa or Tansaekhwa is a term used to refer to a loose grouping of …

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