Meet the Korean master behind Japan's postwar avant-garde art movement

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3 жыл бұрын

Few artists can convey infinity in a brushstroke or can tease out presence from the void. The source of Korean artist Lee Ufan's work begins in childhood, where he was raised with strict Confucian ideals and schooled in poetry and calligraphy. In the early Sixties, having moved to Japan to study philosophy at Nihon University, he emerged from a creative milieu as a leader in the Mono-ha (“School of Things”) movement; an aesthetic theory that rejected Western modern art. The movement also explored the properties of natural and industrial materials to show their dismay at the rampant industrialization of Japan... Continue reading on o6g7.app.link/dfVsJy3QDfb #leeufan #MeettheArtists #ArtBasel
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@scottsherman8178 3 жыл бұрын

I understand it's a bit confusing because of the title! He is korean, but had a huge impact on Japanese contemporary art and Korean contemporary art. He was born and raised in Korea. He was affiliated with the Tokyo-based movement of young artists from the late 1960s through the early ’70s known as Mono-ha, but also had a huge impact on contemporary art in Korea post 1970's and onward. Probably could have been cleared up in a more tasteful title?

@nazimajin8108 2 жыл бұрын

IMO the title shouldn't really address his nationality as he is a nomadic (in a sense) throughout his career. Yes, born in Korea but spent a huge amount of years in Japan, and now he is based in Paris. He even said in one interview that when he was in Korea, people disregard him as Korean. When he is in Japan, people said he is an outsider. This in-between situation has somewhat impacted him and his art career.

@greenlim1948 8 ай бұрын

U-fan Lee's works have equal value as forgeries and originals. Gallery Hyundai, Korea's largest gallery, sold a large number of forgeries. In addition, at least several hundred forgeries were sold on the market through various Korean galleries. When it was exposed by a South Korean court in 2016 and 2021, the artist seemed embarrassed, but within days acknowledged all the forgeries as genuine. Collectors in Korea purchased items based on the authenticity certificate, but the certificates were also fake. However, ufan lee recognized even those works as genuine. Korean collectors are afraid that the value of the works they own will drop, so they tolerate collusion between artists and counterfeiters.

@brickproduction1815 2 жыл бұрын

Even his walking is art

@lydiarowe491 3 жыл бұрын

Bringing a calm in it's purity..

@hannahbianca 2 жыл бұрын

Lee Ufan-nim! 💜

@Alismailovgapaev 3 жыл бұрын

Spiritually connected, he has mastered life.

@fatoomgierdien2181 3 жыл бұрын

Unable to read the writing. Pics are gorgeous. Thank You MUCH

@dominiquealcantara9641 3 жыл бұрын

"make something, and to dissipate something" owowow

@artistalexanderrobbie 3 жыл бұрын

wow. yes.

@twinkle276 3 жыл бұрын

The title is confusing that he is a Japanese artist. He has been affect on art in East Asia though. Please correct it. The language he speaks in the video is Korean. His name is Korean. And he is a Korean.

@monicacruz4407 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely film, though the yellow subtitles do not show up well against the gravel...

@greenlim1948 8 ай бұрын

@EZENS. 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my home

@deskmic3 3 жыл бұрын

This is a film about the Korean artist. Would you select French music for a video about an English painter? Or Spanish music for a Greek sculptor?

@hanbinc 3 жыл бұрын

이우환 선생님을 어느 나라 사람의 작가다 라고 한정 짓고 그에 따라 한국 노래를 쓰고 하는게 맞는 걸까요? 이 인터뷰를 만든 사람들도 예술가입니다.

@delicatebelle 3 жыл бұрын

does anyone have an idea what camera this was filmed with?

@user-so2by8hc2t 3 жыл бұрын

Lee UHwan. He’s a Korean not Japanese.

@user-fe5ww8nn2w 3 жыл бұрын

해외 활동명 철자는 원래 그러신것 같아요. 그리고 영상 부가설명에 한국인이라 표기되어있습니다. 이 채널은 동양문화에 관심이 원래부터 있던 곳이라 오기하는 것이 아닙니다. 영상 제목의Japan's ~~ 이하는 활동지역을 가르키는 것이라 보면 오해가 없을 겁니다.

@RayasNegroOvejas 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it says that in the description. He's however based in Japan, and the title is about him being an influence on the japanese art scene.

@greenlim1948 8 ай бұрын

작가 본인이 일본어를 잘하고 일본에서 대학을 졸업했는데, 억지로 한국인이라고 할 필요가 없습니다. 그런 배경도 사실이니까요.

@lastdays9163 3 жыл бұрын

Note to editor. The music is too loud.

@kukiacuart9444 2 жыл бұрын

훌륭한 작가들의 뒷받침이 많이 부족한 당시 배경이 많이 안타깝죠. 그래도 한국인으로서의 자긍심을 느끼게 햐주는 영상입니다. 많은 후원이 이루어지는 새로운 작가들의 발굴을 기대 해 봅니다

@SebastianMontanile 3 жыл бұрын

does anyone knows which's the name of the tree at 0:06?

@limmemepepe 3 жыл бұрын

Could be almond or cherry blossom!

@user-nq5vj5zy9t 3 жыл бұрын

Magnolia kobus, 白木蓮. It blooms in the early spring.

@wilsonlorialitandtheater 10 ай бұрын

I love the video, but the background music is TOO LOUD... that is a downer. Pity...

@juliamckechnie4094 3 ай бұрын

The soundtrack is appalling. I was very interested in his work, but couldn't watch it, due to the noise.

@nhekborin 3 жыл бұрын

i don't understand.

@EryPrihananto 3 жыл бұрын

Now you understand art

@livethisummer 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t he korean!!

@SuperBarracudaa 3 жыл бұрын

Note the title does not state he is korean but the master of japanese art movement :-)

@livethisummer 3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBarracudaa i see, thank you for the clarification

@harperwelch5147 3 жыл бұрын

Minimalism is hard to imagine as a “spiritual inspiration”. If he was doing modern expressive calligraphy then maybe I could read that comfortably. This was also filmed in a way that struck me more as theater rather than art.

@user-dm2rk6ty5l 3 жыл бұрын

Lee UHwan is Korean. Please, fix it.

@hanbinc 3 жыл бұрын

활동명으로 표기 해드리는게 맞습니다. Lee Ufan 맞습니다

@xx-ug9hn 3 жыл бұрын

I like his art, and I love his house/studio. But everything he is saying is just nonsense babbling, it’s amazing how anything can _sound_ profound if you put some ambient music behind it

@ichristianrodriguez 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like what's most profound about some of what he said was the stuff about living within our means or with less, the time approaching for humans to reach a level of net 0. It'll be the only way to save humanity. Idk, shits just been feeling like its spinning outta control, and by things I mean we.

@muyiwaosifuye2231 3 жыл бұрын

Artistic liberty...