As one of the most significant living Asian artists today, Lee Ufan is the driving force behind the Mono-Ha movement from the late 60s to 70s, and deeply influenced the development of Japanese postwar art. He is also an iconic figure in the Dansaekhwa (monochrome painting) movement that rose to prominence later in contemporary Korean art scene. He led East Asian art in a new direction, and not only was he recognized and highly praised by the western world, but also making a lasting impact.

Since 1973, Lee Ufan has turned his attention to painting, using minimal elements and colors to continue his exploration of the connection between the artwork, the environment, and the viewer, concepts that he previously explored with his three-dimensional pieces, creating a minimalist style like no other. The artist uses monochromatic blue and simple lines on the blank canvas to create a simple, refined, and highly steady pattern, revealing the flow and depth of time and space. The painting is simple, but contains absolute tension and high spirituality. With a high level of focus combining the artist's understanding of philosophy, sound, and physics, and a humble attitude, this piece instantly evokes a sense of peace and a strong response to the abstract and minimalist western Modernism, and proposes an artistic theory based on eastern philosophy. This is only the beginnings, and there is no end.