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Guggenheim museum, new york, june 2011 dialoguespace, 2011 acrylic on wall dimensions vary with installation installation view. Marking infinity, of which samsung is the major sponsor, is supported by organisations such as the korea foundation, the japan foundation, e. Published for the guggenheims 2011 retrospective on lee ufan born 1936. Jun 26, 2011 courtesy lee ufan marking infinity features mr. Read our contemporary artist biography and browse related content. Marking infinity text by alexandra munroe, tatehata akira, mika yoshitake, nancy lim, reiko tomii.
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Marking infinity, documentary, michael blackwood productions, new york. Marking infinity book by alexandra munroe thriftbooks. Marking infinity is organized to reflect lees method of working in iterative series and spans the 1960s to the present. Made from carbon paper, this set is an opportunity for the artist to flatten his style and knowhow in order to create, blindly, shapes or figures with refined lines. The first contemporary art movement in japan to gain international recognition, monoha object school rejected western notions of representation, focusing on the relationships between materials and perceptions rather than on expression or intervention.
Infinity mirrors at the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden, for an insightful talk about kusamas life and work mika yoshitake was a curator at the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden in washington, d. Lee is acclaimed for an innovative body of work that revolves around the notion of encounterseeing the bare. Guggenheim museum in new york city, organized by curator alexandra munroe, with over 90 works, from the 1960s to the present. Published for the guggenheims 2011 retrospective on lee ufan born 1936, marking infinity charts the korean artist and theorists creation of a visual and conceptual language that has greatly expanded the possibilities of painting.
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Marking infinity presents the work of artistphilosopher lee ufan, charting his creation of a visual, conceptual, and theoretical terrain that has radically expanded the possibilities for painting and sculpture since the 1960s. Lee ufan, a painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher, is known for his leading role in the japanese avantgarde group monoha. Born in hamangun, gyeongsang namdo, south korea, 1936. In 2011, lee s work will be featured in two exhibitions at the venice biennale. Ufan, 2014 ufan, and many other japanese artists and designers yakumo saryo with simplicity want the experiencer to feel the awe and respect for the world. The first us retrospective for lee, the koreanborn artist whose writings, paintings, and sculptures. Mika yoshitake is an independent curator with expertise in postwar japanese art. Lee ufan lee ufan making dialoguespace 2011 during inst. American artists contemporary asia, 18601989 an honorable mention for outstanding exhibition catalogue. Born in korea in 1936, lee has been an artistic and intellectual force in korea, japan, and europe for more than four decades, articulating a unique aesthetic and. A new edition of a collection of writings first published in 2004, this volume features previously unpublished essays and spans from 19672007.
Marking infinityon view june 24september 28, 2011discover the first north. In his first north american museum retrospective, marking infinity charts lees creation of a visual, conceptual, and theoretical language that has radically. Titled marking infinity, the show inhabits the museums spiraling exhibition ramp, rotunda and two ancillary galleries. Yayoi kusama curators talk with mika yoshitake art. Japanesekorean artist lee ufan gets guggenheim retrospective. Lee ufan art monographs and museum exhibition catalogs. The exhibition positions lee as a historical figure and. The korea society presents the writings of celebrated artist, poet, and philosopher lee ufan, in conjunction with the guggenheim museums retrospective exhibition, lee ufan. Whether placing brush marks on canvas or combining discrepant textures of steel and stone, lee has consistently elicited the.
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