Meet the Korean master behind Japan's postwar avant-garde art movement
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- Опубліковано 22 кві 2021
- 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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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?
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.
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.
Even his walking is art
Bringing a calm in it's purity..
Unable to read the writing.
Pics are gorgeous.
Thank You MUCH
Lovely film, though the yellow subtitles do not show up well against the gravel...
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.
Spiritually connected, he has mastered life.
Lee Ufan-nim! 💜
"make something, and to dissipate something" owowow
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. Now it's okay to counterfeit Ufan's work anywhere in the world. Anyway, Ufan has no choice but to acknowledge them all as original works.
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?
이우환 선생님을 어느 나라 사람의 작가다 라고 한정 짓고 그에 따라 한국 노래를 쓰고 하는게 맞는 걸까요? 이 인터뷰를 만든 사람들도 예술가입니다.
wow. yes.
does anyone have an idea what camera this was filmed with?
Oh my home
Note to editor. The music is too loud.
훌륭한 작가들의 뒷받침이 많이 부족한 당시 배경이 많이 안타깝죠. 그래도 한국인으로서의 자긍심을 느끼게 햐주는 영상입니다. 많은 후원이 이루어지는 새로운 작가들의 발굴을 기대 해 봅니다
does anyone knows which's the name of the tree at 0:06?
Could be almond or cherry blossom!
Magnolia kobus, 白木蓮. It blooms in the early spring.
Lee UHwan. He’s a Korean not Japanese.
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.
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.
작가 본인이 일본어를 잘하고 일본에서 대학을 졸업했는데, 억지로 한국인이라고 할 필요가 없습니다. 그런 배경도 사실이니까요.
I love the video, but the background music is TOO LOUD... that is a downer. Pity...
The soundtrack is appalling. I was very interested in his work, but couldn't watch it, due to the noise.
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.
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
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.
Artistic liberty...
i don't understand.
Now you understand art
Isn’t he korean!!
Note the title does not state he is korean but the master of japanese art movement :-)
@@SuperBarracudaa i see, thank you for the clarification
Lee UHwan is Korean. Please, fix it.
활동명으로 표기 해드리는게 맞습니다.
Lee Ufan 맞습니다
Artistic liberty, no doubt. But is avant-garde art pretentious
저사람이 가지고 있는 철학이라는게 너무 나도 얕고 비리하다. 이놈의 갤러리, 경매소들이 이놈을 얼마나 띄운거냐.
작가가 만들지 않은 위작을 진품으로 깔아뭉개는 국내미술계보단 나은 곳에서 거장으로 인정해주었습니다. ^^;
위조품과 진품을 구분하지 않고
모두 진품 보증서를 발급해 주는 오픈마인드
플러스와 마이너스를 초월한 의리에 비즈니스맨.
아이고야 ... 내가 볼 땐 이우환 작가가 당한거구만 ... 그렇게 따지면 피카소 역시 위작을 본인 작품이라고 주장한거 다 욕먹어야 하냐 ... 병이다 병 ... ㅉ
@@yuminglover 당했다 함은 가해자와 피해자가 엄격히 구분 가능, 이 케이스는 평생 쌓은 업적을 셀프로 무너뜨린 경우라 과연 당한 것이라 할 수 있는가? 피카소 사례는 링크라도 걸어 두시 든가
동감합니다. 이제 세계 어디에서 위조품을 대량생산해도 됩니다. 다 원작으로 인정하실 거거든요
Rubbish Artist !