Lee Ufan

Lee Ufan was born in Korea in 1936 and lives and works between Paris, New York, and Japan.

A world-renowned painter and sculptor, he is the theoretical artist behind the avant-garde Mono-ha (“school of things”) movement, a Japanese artistic trend that developed alongside minimalist and radical movements. Mono-ha is often considered to be very similar to the attitudes and choices that fueled Arte Povera in Europe.

Lee Ufan's sculptures are presented as combinations of stones or wood chosen from nature and industrial materials, while his painting tends toward a single sign, toward meditation and the evocation of emptiness.

Lee Ufan designed two wearable sculptures, Untitled, in 2024 and 2025 at the invitation of MiniMasterpiece. A pair of mobile earrings in 18k gold (yellow and white gold), partially brushed and set with raw black diamonds, and a large ring in brushed yellow gold following the same principle. Each version is produced in a limited edition of 10 copies and 2 artist's proofs. Signed on the back by the artist.

Untitled is part of the sculptural and pictorial work the artist has been producing since the 1960s. Here, the balance sought between gold and rough black diamonds. The precious metal plays with the flashes of light and also recalls, in the repetition of the brushing gesture, the infinite—even meditative—nature of artistic creation.