On May 17 (Tue), KUBS held an event to install the work “Relatum - The Location” (hereinafter referred to as “Relatum - The Location”) by the world-renowned art maestro, Ufan Lee (86). The artist, Ufan Lee, who has greatly influenced Korean and Japanese contemporary art with his philosophical paintings containing dots and lines and rose to the rank of a master in the world's art world, installed a new “Relatum - The Location” consisting of a 1.4m-high natural stone and a 4m x 3m mirror stainless steel plate on the business school campus. Artist Ufan Lee's work this time, ‘Relatum - The Location’, is made up of a conversational form where a human-made iron plate and a natural stone meet through an artist’s mediation to talk about their mutual ontological relatum. The artist, Ufan Lee, is said to have decided on the concept of the work after four to five months of planning after visiting and exploring the school campus in the second half of last year to produce the work. It is a rare case that a Korean university has proposed and placed a new work of art by a world-renowned art master instead of a commemorative sculpture such as a statue.

The academic event was completed by presenting the goal of KUBS of adding artistic sensibility to the academic field through lectures and talks on “Ufan Lee’s Life and Art” held before the artwork unveiling ceremony. After watching the video message sent by the artist, Ufan Lee, the unveiling event of artworks was held.

Through a non-face-to-face video, the artist, Ufan Lee, conveyed the meaning of his work, mentioning, "My work this time is simply that it is even so bland. I only used a large natural stone, grated a stainless steel plate like a mirror, placed it on the lawn, and then put a stone on it. However, by this simple encounter and combination, a lasting and universalized field is opened by a single, sparkling cosmic moment that we cannot feel in our daily lives. I think this is the work I presented this time.”

The business school expects to raise the social and artistic imagination of students through the installation of this work, create new ideas and knowledge with social influence, and foster social leaders who change the world.