Lee Ufan's 90th Year Marked by Major Dia and Venice Exhibitions

Key facts

• Lee Ufan was a founding member of the Mono-ha group in Japan in the late 1960s.
• Dia Art Foundation is presenting a solo exhibition at SMAC San Marco Art Centre as a Collateral Event of the Venice Biennale.
• A new display of Ufan's work opens simultaneously at Dia Beacon in New York State.
• Ufan's first show in Portugal opens at Casa e Parque de Serralves in July.
• The Venice exhibition includes works from 1967 to new in situ pieces and two new sculptures.
• Ufan's From Point and From Line paintings were initiated around the late 1960s.
• He saw Barnett Newman's exhibition at MoMA in 1971, which influenced his temporal painting approach.
• Ufan paints on the floor to engage his body and reduce ego.
• His Dialogue paintings combine painted and unpainted areas to create a new form of expression.
• The sculpture Sky Road consists of two large stones on mirror-polished stainless steel plates.
• Ufan uses local stones for his sculptures to connect with the site.
• He critiques AI for lacking process and time, emphasizing the importance of direct experience.