Katalyst

"Just as countries that have broken free of the chains of imperialism strive as much as possible to recognize each other as equals, in the territory of art attention is being given to the types of boundaries and relations of expression where self encounters other (rather than constructing a painted empire on canvas through representations of the self). Expression achieves externality and imagination is liberated by structuring an interactive site where dialogue between inside and outside is possible. Using ambiguous expression that is simultaneously passive and active, I hope to cut into the controlled everyday reality of industrial society, breathing fresh air into it and stimulating an awareness of infinity that transcends the human, to awaken a world that is always open."

In Search of Encounter: The Sources of Contemporary Art” (1970), in Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity (New York: Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, 2011)

(Source: absorptions)

• existentialism
• life