Lee Dong Youb graduated from Hong-Ik University and graduate school. He is considered as one of the most important founders of Korean abstract painting movement, Dansaekhwa. He participated in a group show entitled "Five Korean Artists, Five Kinds of White" held at Tokyo Gallery (1975), in May 1975, that is often credited as an exhibition where it introduced Dansaekhwa for the first time.
Read MoreLee Dong Youb created white surface Dansaekhwa for over fifty years until his death. For him, the color white is a void for consciousness and a vessel for thought. From 1980s, the artist showed Between series painting with wide white brushstrokes on white background. This gesture made the painting to generate and capture the natural overlap and soaking of color. The artist repeated countless strokes to exclude materiality and realize spirituality like a truth-seeker. His white canvas reminds the viewer to fill the work with thought and interpretation.
Lee Dong Youb left his achievements in Korea modern art history by participating in many significant exhibitions, including the 1st Independent Exhibition and His artwork is a part of public collections at Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea.
Text courtesy Hakgojae Gallery.
