Within spaces designed by the artist, this new exhibition distils over six decades of considered experimentation into a series of new paintings and sculptures created especially for the Art Gallery.

Lee’s sparing use of simple materials, including stone, steel and canvas, has a quiet force that encourages contemplation and consideration of the physical and intellectual self in relation to the work. He is also a writer whose philosophical approach to art embraces Zen and Confucian thought, alongside aesthetic ideas of emptiness, known as ma.

For Lee, the space around objects is as significant as the objects themselves. His conceptual and minimalist approach has been influential in art, design and philosophy, with artists Anish Kapoor and Park Seo-Bo as well as architect Tadao Ando among the prominent figures inspired by his art.