Ryan Stewart

Ryan Stewart

The art work that I chose to write my blog entry on is by Lee Ufan who is Korean born and it is called, if I recall correctly, “From Point 1978”. The materials used in this work are glue and stone pigment on canvas. Korean born artist and writer, Lee Ufan, came about creating this piece by using his mixture comprised of the stone pigment and glue in a series of repetitive brush strokes. He would apply a significant amount of the stone pigment mixture in an initial brush stroke and then without reapplying new mixture to his brush he would continue with consecutive brush strokes following to the right of his previous brush stroke. By this process the artist created an interesting grid like piece that contained 25 rows and 42 columns. The finished brush strokes ended up looking like dark blue organic and irregular squares that would fade from a dark and full color to a lighter color with each square that followed to the right. This process of going from dark to light occurred multiple times on the same row but not in any sort of recognizable pattern.

The way I perceive this piece, there are two ways that it applies to the Silence and Time show. The first being the process by which the artist took to create it. With each stroke the amount of pigment decreased expressing a since of decay through the process of time. With each stroke, time passes and times effect on the stone pigment and brush strokes is visually seen. The second way it seems to apply to the theme of Silence and Time is in direct relation to the first. With each brush stroke that began a series of brush strokes the pigment was always full and loud. But with each following stroke the pigment faded and became more and more silent, eventually leading to hardly noticeable brush strokes in which the color had been completely muted.