Next month, two major series by Korean artist Lee Ufan, 'From Point' and 'From Line', will form the focus of a retrospective exhibition at Pace London. Pictured: From Line, 1980

作为一名极简主义者，韩国出生的艺术家李u凡相信他的角色是“重新安排元素，而不是突然创造出新的东西”。运用这一哲学，Ufan在纸上创作了具有宁静感的绘画、雕塑和作品，常常使用简单的重复手势，并且总是强调空虚的重要性。“空间意味着无限，”他曾被引用说。佛教教导说，存在是有可能的，因为它也是虚无的，外表和消失是共存的。

20岁时搬到日本后，他以在上世纪60年代创立Mono-ha而闻名(日本相当于意大利的艺术贫穷运动)，但最近几年，继2011年在纽约古根海姆(Guggenheim)举办了一次回顾展，以及去年在凡尔赛角(Ch Teau De Versaille)举办的个展之后，Ufan的国际明星一直在崛起。

下个月，这位艺术家的两大系列作品“从点”和“线”将成为佩斯伦敦展览的重点。这两个系列源于一种信念，即线条和点是宇宙的基本单位，Ufan用简单的重复画笔在画布上涂上一种色调。在“从线”中，油漆被涂在从上到下的长的、扫过的、画出的垂直行中，使颜色随着它在画布上的下垂而褪色。类似地，在“From Point”中，油漆用紧凑型涂抹在画布上，并从左到右画出。随着每一个新画布，Ufan改变了每一行的起点，创造了有节奏的交错行。

以其细致的方法而闻名的是，涂漆的过程和吸收过程是由Ufan故意缓慢和仪式化的，他用地面矿物颜料和动物皮肤胶的配方制作了自己的粉状水晶漆。其结果是一种闪闪发光的蓝色混合物，增加了油漆颗粒和人造毛刷之间的摩擦程度。有些东西无止境地出现在它没完没了的消失。事情没完没了地退却，就像它无止境地逼近一样。“

Marking his debut at the London gallery, the show follows a retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York in 2011 and a show of ten sculptures at Versailles last year. Pictured: From Line, 1979

Having moved to Japan at the age of 20, Ufan became known for founding the Mono-ha movement in the 1960s (Japan's equivalent to Italy's Arte Povera movement). Pictured: From Line, 1979

In 'From Line', paint is applied in long, sweeping, drawn-out vertical rows from top to bottom, allowing the colour to fade as it cascades down the canvas. Pictured: From Line, 1979

In 'From Point', the paint is applied to the canvas in compact daubs and drawn out from left to right. With each new canvas, Ufan varies the starting point of each line, creating rhythmic, staggered rows. Pictured: From Point, 1977

Both series are inspired by the belief that lines and points are the basic units of the cosmos. Pictured: From Point, 1980

To create the works, Ufan made his own powdery crystalline paint from a recipe of ground mineral pigment and animal-skin glue. The result is a shimmering blue mixture that increases the level of friction between the paint particles and the artificial hair brushes. Pictured: From Point, 1978

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