Lee Ufan - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2330019092 ISBN 13: 9782330019099

Publisher: Actes Sud, 2013

Synopsis

Korean artist Lee Ufan (born 1936) initially studied (and wrote) poetry and philosophy. In 1969, he became the theoretician and leader of the Mono-Ha movement in Japan, where he developed his artistic methods and motivations. As a lecturer at the Tama University in Tokyo, he started a career as a painter and a sculptor, and his reputation spread internationally. In his early minimalist paintings, he combines ground mineral pigment with animal-skin glue, a traditional technique in East-Asian silk painting. Many of his industrial-like sculptures consist of lightly colored round stones and dark, rectangular iron plates. This monograph brings together Ufan’s works across all genres, also supplying biographical documentation. In an exclusive interview with Michel Enrici, Ufan reveals details of his childhood and examines how his career has developed, covering his moral and aesthetic positions.

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Exposition du 1er juillet au 30 sept. au capitole à Arles

Cette monographie originale, la première publiée en français, rassemble une iconographie complète de l'oeuvre de Lee Ufan et des documents illustratifs de sa biographie. Un entretien exclusif avec Michel Enrici lève pour la première fois le voile sur une enfance et une destinée qui ont conduit l'artiste d'un particularisme culturel à l'universalité, en même temps qu'il éclaire sur ses positions morales, intellectuelles et esthétiques. Un texte analytique et théorique rassemble l'appareil critique et philosophique qui a accompagné l'oeuvre de Lee Ufan pendant quatre décennies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Actes Sud
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2330019092
• ISBN 13: 9782330019099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288