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Lee Ufan’s Art-world from the Perspective of Zhuangzi(莊子)’s Thought: Focusing on the Concepts of Body and World

  • The Journal of Aesthetics and Science of Art
  • Abbr : JASA
  • 2023, 70(), pp.168-189
  • DOI : 10.17527/JASA.70.0.08
  • Publisher : 한국미학예술학회
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Other Arts and Kinesiology
  • Received : August 14, 2023
  • Accepted : September 12, 2023
  • Published : October 31, 2023

JungHee Kim 1

1대동문화연구원

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper aims to examine the art world of Lee Ufan based on the thoughts of Zhuangzi (莊子). This paper focuses on “the body” and “the world” among the core concepts of Lee’s art world, and discusses Lee’s art based on Zhuangzi’s thoughts related to this. In Zhuangzi’s philosophy, the body is one [一] with the world or nature, and the relationship between the body and the world repeats and continues infinitely through life [生] and death [死]. For Lee, the body is the main medium to meet the world and becomes one with the world. Lee presents a work of art through minimal gestures and seeks to open up infinite artistic possibilities. Considering these points, this paper uses the thoughts on the body and the world of Zhuangzi as a basis for discussing Lee’s art world. I believe that this philosophical examination of Lee’s art world through Zhuangzi’s thoughts has an important value as a part of research in understanding contemporary culture and art, beyond art history and Western aesthetics.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.