Relatum (formerly Iron Field) . 1969/2019
Photos: Bill Jacobson . + Dia:Beacon
Lee Ufan positions himself as a mediator of materials rather than a maker of objects. He brings familiar ready-made and found materials together with an extraordinary economy of means to present situations of both physical and perceptual suspense. This heightens our awareness of each element’s inherent physical and immaterial properties. The ethics of mediation that plays out in his art mirrors his international experience living between Korea and Japan, East Asia, Europe, and the United States.
Alexis Lowry
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