Lee Ufan Arles
Created by the artist Lee Ufan, who has been attached to Arles since an exhibition in 2013, Lee Ufan Arles opened in April 2022. This art center, located in a mansion dating from the 16th and 18th centuries, presents historical and recent works by the artist, and also offers a program of temporary exhibitions as well as artistic and cultural activities.
The works of Lee Ufan, painter, sculptor, poet and philosopher born in Korea in 1936, act as revelations. They draw attention to materials, to emptiness or to the distance between two elements, to reflections and shadows: everything that we may not have seen at first glance, and yet which is part of the work of art.
His sculptures, which he calls Relatum, are the result of "encounters": for example between a natural material (stones, linen, ...), an industrial material forged by man (steel plates, glass ...) and a space. His paintings, sometimes worked in series over several decades, are also the support of reflections on time, on gesture, on the relationship between the full and the empty. Personal expression has faded into a regularly renewed quest for infinity.
Created by the artist Lee Ufan, who has been attached to Arles since an exhibition in 2013, Lee Ufan Arles opened in April 2022. This art center, located in a mansion dating from the 16th and 18th centuries, presents historical and recent works by the artist, and also offers a program of temporary exhibitions as well as artistic and cultural activities.
The works of Lee Ufan, painter, sculptor, poet and philosopher born in Korea in 1936, act as revelations. They draw attention to materials, to emptiness or to the distance between two elements, to reflections and shadows: everything that we may not have seen at first glance, and yet which is part of the work of art.
His sculptures, which he calls Relatum, are the result of "encounters": for example between a natural material (stones, linen, ...), an industrial material forged by man (steel plates, glass ...) and a space. His paintings, sometimes worked in series over several decades, are also the support of reflections on time, on gesture, on the relationship between the full and the empty. Personal expression has faded into a regularly renewed quest for infinity.
Programme
À Ténèbres, Djabril Boukhenaïssi
The first winner of the Art & Environment prize created by Lee Ufan Arles and Guerlain in 2023, the young French painter and printmaker Djabril Boukhenaïssi completed a creative residency in Arles last winter, questioning the impact of visual pollution on the disappearance of the night, a precious source of our collective imagination. The À Ténèbres exhibition features a series of new paintings and prints inspired by German literature, music and his Arles residency.
Access
Lee Ufan Arles
5 rue Vernon, 13200 Arles
+33 (0)9 78 07 83 26
www.leeufan-arles.org
Tuesday to Sunday (every day from July to September), 10am-6pm (10am-7pm from July to September).
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Château de Campuget : just a few minutes from Arles, enjoy a stroll through a superb park surrounded by vines, a glass of chilled rosé from the estate, and delicious dishes made with produce from the vegetable garden. It's the ideal place to escape the madness of the Rencontres and relax.
• Plage de Piemanson : 7 km of fine sand in the heart of the Camargue. The southern Vaccarès ponds are home to colonies of pink flamingos.
• Parc Naturel Régional des Alpilles : situated between the Camargue and the Luberon, the Alpilles Park covers an area of marshes, forests, vineyards and olive groves set against the limestone rocks of the Luberon.
• Le Buste et L'oreille : this wine (and food) cellar is home to a temporary Louis Vuitton bookshop.
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• La Maison Molière : 5 elegant, tastefully furnished rooms, run by collector Michel Montagnier, in the Roquette district.
• Hôtel Présent : this 50s building is the setting for a collection of lighting, objets d'art and furniture from the 40s to the present day. In addition to its 13 rooms, the hotel is above all a restaurant, a bar and a rooftop offering one of the most beautiful panoramas in the city.
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• Le café japonais : japanese coffee shop that smells of iced matcha tea and K'Far café. Let yourself be seduced by their delicious onigiris!
• Kalu Coco : fresh sandwiches, salads and sushi! Tasty recipes and a wonderful welcome.
• Inari : a summer restaurant run by Céline Pham, a chef who fuses French cuisine with Vietnamese heritage. Certainly the best value for money in town.
• La Chassagnette : 1 Michelin star restaurant in a former Camargue sheepfold, with chef Armand Arnal serving an organic vegetable garden of over 2 hectares.
• L'Oriel : a French restaurant that celebrates local producers and seasonal produce, with Quentin Lepilliet in the kitchen, a passionate young chef.
• Le Galoubet : bistronomic cuisine based on high-quality raw ingredients, served in a beautiful 18th-century building.
• Mesa : seasonal dishes and natural wines, served on the terrace or in the bistro-style dining room with its open kitchen.
