been reduced to the point where only a suggestion of their existence remains. Rather than calling it a form, it is perhaps more proper to speak about in on the level of a momentary phenomenon. Moreover, as we feel it moving away into the distance out of our world of sight, it returns to the matrix white. Kim Mikyung (Prof. Kangnam Univ. Art History): Lee Dong-Yeop debuted at the First Independents Exhibition (1972) with paintings of semi-transparent cups against a white background. At the FIVE HINSEK show, he presented images of melting cups on neutral-colored canvases. What his paintings address wasn't the problem of white tone per se, but rather: 'if the cup is a container of the universe, ice is the existence in it; through depicting the processes of melting and evaporation of ice and the resulting emptiness, the painting suggests the fungible or inconstant nature of things. Nonetheless, the indistinct white-toned background was already there in all of his paintings, and the Japanese organizers paid attention to this aspect of his work. Exhibitions Solo exhibitions 2008 Hak-go-jae, Seoul 2008 Leeahn Gallery, Daegu 2005 Tong-In Auction Gallery, Seoul 2003 CAIS Gallery, Seoul 2002 Gallery M, Daegu 2000 Gallery Bhak, Seoul 1993 Haenan-Kent Gallery, New York, USA 1992 Koart Gallery, Seoul 1988 Saem Gallery, Seoul 1985 Yoon Gallery, Seoul 1983 Space Gallery, Seoul 1977 Seoul Gallery, Seoul 1977 Mura Matsu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Group exhibitions (selected) 2008 Inter-viewing Paintings: the Interface between Eastern-style paintings and Western-style paintings in South Korea, SOMA museum of art, Seoul 2007 Hommage 100: Korean Contemporary Art 1970-2007, Korea Art Center, Busan 2007 Korea International Art Fair, COEX, Korea 2006 100 Years of Korean Art - Part 2: Tradition, Human, Art, Reality, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea 2002 Re-reading of Korean Contemporary Art III; Critical Reviews of 70's Monochrome Paintings, Hanwon Museum of Art, Seoul 2000 The Nature, Posco Museum, Seoul 2000 Trace-Eternal Trace and Pure Surface, CAIS Gallery, Seoul 2000 Gwangju Biennale Special Exhibition - Aspect of Contemporary Korean-Japan Art, Gwangju 1997 Korean Art 97 - Humanism · Animalism · Mechanism, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea 1996 Korean Monochrome Painting in the 1970s, Gallery Hyundae, Seoul 1993 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea, Miyagi Museum, Japan 1991 A Grouping for the Identity of Contemporary Korean Art III, Hanwon Museum, Seoul 1990 Seoul Art Fair, Hoam Gallery, Seoul 1987 Black & White in Korean Contemporary