Pace Gallery is honoured to present Lee Ufan and Claude Viallat: Encounter, a two-person exhibition organised by the preeminent French curator, Alfred Pacquement. Spanning more than five decades, this exhibition will survey both artists’ enduring commitment to abstraction as a means of engaging philosophical ideas of time, space, and matter. At the centre of this … [Read More]
Author: Lee Ufan (이우환)
Selected publications by Lee Ufan
- Lee Ufan: Art of Encounter tr Stanley N Anderson, Lisson Gallery 2018
Exhibition visit: Transfer / 갈아타다 at the KCC
It involves several levels of meta to post on a webpage a digital image of an exhibition that explores questions of what is lost when a physical work of art is recorded digitally and then reproduced. When the image records a talk by one of the artist-curators of the exhibition discussing his own contribution to … [Read More]
Transfer / 갈아타다: Korean and British Abstract Painting and the Digital Document
From 24 February – 15 April, the Korean Cultural Centre UK presents TRANSFER, a workshop-style exhibition that explores the digital documentation of painting. It consists of paintings juxtaposed with forms of digital documentation, and focuses on works from both the UK and South Korea which have been made over the past thirty years. A ‘document’ is … [Read More]
Lee Ufan’s Relatum – Stage, by the Serpentine
“It is our dream come true to work with Lee Ufan in London” enthused Hans Ulrich Obrist at the KCCUK talk which marked the installation of Lee’s Relatum – Stage outside the Serpentine Gallery on 6 February. After Lee’s hugely high-profile project at Versailles in 2014, with such a dramatic backdrop, the siting in a … [Read More]
Lee Ufan: Relatum – Stage, in Kensington Gardens
An upcoming installation by Lee Ufan, using stones sourced in Wales. Lee Ufan: Relatum – Stage Serpentine Gallery | Kensington Gardens | London W2 3XA 6 Feb 2018 to 29 Jul 2018 extended to 27 January 2019 Artist Lee Ufan brings new public sculpture to Kensington Gardens. ‘The work of art is a representation of … [Read More]
Lee Ufan in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
A talk to go with Lee Ufan’s installation outside the Serpentine Gallery. Lee Ufan in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist 6 Feb 2018, 6:00 pm Korean Cultural Centre UK, Grand Buildings, 1-3 Strand, London WC2N 5BW, Main Entrance: Northumberland Avenue Tickets £5 via Ticketweb Lee Ufan will be in conversation with Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director, … [Read More]
Exhibition news: Dansaekhwa — Minimal Korean Art of the 1970s, at The Arts Club
Coinciding with the opening of the Park Seo-bo solo exhibition at White Cube is a broader exhibition of Dansaekhwa at the Arts Club. Open to non-members by appointment only at the times mentioned below. Dansaekhwa: Minimal Korean Art of the 1970s The Arts Club 40 Dover Street | Mayfair | London W1S 4NP | www.theartsclub.co.uk … [Read More]
Exhibition visit: Korean artists at Art 15
No matter how prepared you think you are when you go to an art fair, you’ll always be caught unawares by a gallery who is showing an artist you weren’t expecting, or by a new side to an artist you thought you knew. In the most unlikely corner of the hall you can come across … [Read More]
Dansaekhwa – a Biennale collateral event in Venice, 7 May – 15 Aug
Lee Ufan returns to Venice with some site-specific work as part of an official collateral event of Dansaekhwa artists: Dansaekhwa Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition la Biennale di Venezia Dates: May 7–August 15, 2015 Opening: May 7, 7pm Venue: Palazzo Contarini-Polignac | 874 Dorsoduro | 30123 Venezia www.villaempain.com | www.kukjegallery.com | www.tinakimgallery.com … [Read More]
Lee Ufan – The Art of Encounter, in conversation at the KCC
Coinciding with the opening of his latest exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, Lee Ufan will be in conversation at the KCCUK on 21 March: LEE UFAN – The Art of Encounter In Conversation with Dr. Lena Fritsch and Dr. Charlotte Horlyck Saturday 21 March, 2015 4-6pm followed by a Reception Korean Cultural Centre UK Grand … [Read More]
Lee Ufan returns to Lisson Gallery
In his first solo show in the UK since 2008, Lee Ufan makes a welcome return to the Lisson Gallery this month. Look out, too, for a talk by the artist at the KCCUK on 21 March. Lee Ufan 25 March – 9 May 2015 Monday – Friday: 10:00am – 6:00pm | Saturday: 11:00am – … [Read More]
Dansaekhwa comes to France
As an incredible Lee Ufan exhibition closes in Versailles, Gallerie Perotin opens a solo show by Park Seo-Bo. Lee Ufan Versailles Gardens 17 June to 2 November 2014 Why choose Lee Ufan as the contemporary artist for 2014 in Versailles? Dare I say that, again, it is André Le Nôtre who influenced both Alfred Pacquement, … [Read More]
Bankable and emerging Korean artists at Art13: London’s latest international art fair
To a casual observer, there might already seem to be a wide range of art fairs in London. The season starts with the London Art Fair in January and finishes with the Frieze in October. In between there’s plenty of smaller shows to keep various parts of the market satisfied. So launching a completely new … [Read More]
Some almost affordable Lee Ufan at Christies
Some unusual and almost affordable Lee Ufan pieces are coming up for sale at Christie’s London on 14 February: an untitled charcoal on paper (55.2 x 73cm) work from 1984… and another similarly sized untitled work from 1977, ink and gouache on paper. Click on the links / images to find out more on the … [Read More]
And for Christmas I’d like…
If there are any chaebol bosses out there with 500 million won to spare, there’s an opportunity to buy me a nice Lee Ufan which would look very good above my fireplace at home. The auction is 12 October at Christie’s in London. Thank you. [Read More]
2012 Travel Diary 1: Dansaekhwa – Korean Monochrome Painting at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, Saturday 24 March 2012. Whenever I come to Seoul I always try to get to Seoul Grand Park in Gwacheon to visit the National Museum of Contemporary Art. Even if there isn’t a particularly interesting special exhibition on (and that’s rare), their permanent collection is always worth a browse. This time, the special … [Read More]