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Lee Yil (Korean: 이일; Hanja: 李逸; 1932–1997) was a Korean art critic and art historian. Writing predominately in Korean, but also occasionally French, the critic penned numerous texts on modern and contemporary Korean art. Lee wrote extensively on Dansaekhwa in his efforts to define contemporary Korean art within a larger global context. His citation of foreign artists, scholars, and art critics demonstrates his vested interest in bringing modern and contemporary Korean art into dialogue with the international art world, and determining the place of 20th century Korean within this broader sphere. This larger project included proposing historical periods for modern and contemporary Korean art, and coining theoretical terms like "reduction" and "expansion," which Lee would utilize in his writing for many decades.