Matter and motion are all that the cosmos is, and so it is for a painting. In the paintings by Lee Ufan the micro and macro, the singular and the infinite, the body and spirit seem to blur. How can we make sense of the gesture in Lee Ufan’s painting?

Nikos Papastergiadis, Director of the Research Unit in Public Cultures and Professor at the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, in conversation with Dr Simon Maidment, NGV Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, explores the significance of context and form, and invites a meditation from another perspective.