Lee Ufan opens major exhibitions in Venice and New York
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Updated · The Guardian · May 4
Lee Ufan opens major exhibitions in Venice and New York
8 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 4
The Korea-born artist, who turns 90 next month, launches a Venice retrospective from 9 May and an eight-work Dia Beacon show in upstate New York from 8 May.
The Venice exhibition spans his career from the late 1960s, including Mono-ha works, while Dia Beacon presents three sculptures and five paintings, including pieces from From Line and With Winds.
Lee, whose work explores relationships between materials, nature and viewers, already has museums in Naoshima and Arles and remains a leading international figure shaped by life across Korea, Japan and France.
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