lee ufan
lee ufan is a korean minimalist painter and sculptor artist and academic, honored by the government of japan for having "contributed to the development ofcontemporary art in japan." the art of this artist, who has long been based in japan, is rooted in an eastern appreciation of the nature of materials and also in modern european phenomenology. the origin of mono-ha may be found in lee‘s article "sonzai to mu wo koete sekine nobuo ron (beyond being and nothingness – a thesis on sekine nobuo." once this initial impetus given, mono-ha congealed with the participation of the students of the scul…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of lee ufan's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
