"It's not trying to achieve perfection. It's actually trying to achieve imperfection."
Artist Lee Ufan reflects on the Moon Jar in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
Lee Ufan, born in 1936, is a Korean minimalist painter and sculptor.
Lee Ufan (Korean, born 1936)
From Line, 1974
Oil on canvas; 71 1/2 × 89 3/8 in. (181.6 × 227 cm). The Museum of Modern Art, Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds (392.2010) © Lee Ufan, Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by Scala/Art Resource
