李元佳：时间-生命-空间
Li Yuan-chia
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1929年出生于广西，战后来到台湾于1951年进入台北师范学校艺术师范科，翌年师从李仲生及朱德群门下；与吴昊、夏阳师出同门，为“东方画会”创始人之一。毕业后旅居意大利及英国，1960年加入米兰“庞图画会”，其海外展出版图延伸到了鹿特丹、米兰、博洛尼亚，在相当早的时间就打开了国际知名度，1962年在鹿特丹窗画廊与当时闻名的极简艺术家丰塔纳共同展出，1968年后定居于英国北部的坎布里亚郡。1972年他于所定居的坎布里亚郡创立了李元佳美术馆。
李元佳是一位极端敏锐的艺术家与大胆创新的实验者，他的作品独特，画面深沉而简洁，显露出智慧与美感，将中国的形而上学注入西方的抽象与实验性艺术。其中，李元佳用来收纳“合一境界”所提出的概念，便是“宇宙点”，亦即“万物的开始和终止”。李被誉为华人世界首位观念艺术家，也是台湾抽象画、观念艺术的前卫开拓者之一。
本次亚洲艺术中心（北京）举办的 “风林火山- 源自东方的抽象” 也极荣幸得到英国李元佳基金会的大力支持，出借四件李元佳“台北时期”的重要水彩及彩墨作品。
李元佳 Li Yuan-chia 无题 Untitled
水墨及水彩纸本 Ink and Watercolor on Paper
54x39cm 1954-1961
展出于亚洲艺术中心（北京）-“风林火山-源自东方的抽象”
Exhibited in Zeigeist: Abstract Art of Eastern Origin at Asia Art Center (Beijing)
Li Yuan-chia went to Taiwan in 1951 and entered the Art Teaching Department of Taipei Normal University. The following year, he started studying from Li Chun-Shan and Chu Teh-Chun. Li Yuan-chia then became a peer of Wu Hao and Hsia Yang, founding members of Eastern Painting Group. After graduating, he travelled and lived in Italy and the United Kingdom. Li Yuan-chia joined II Punto in 1960 and his abroad exhibitions then extended to Rotterdam, Milan, and Bologna. Li received international popularity at a very early time. In 1962, his works were already exhibited at +’Venster together with a well-established simplistic artist — Lucio Fontana. Li settled in Cambria, northern England in 1968 and founded the LYC Museum in Cambria.
He was a highly sensitive artist and audacious experimenter who produced a very special syncretic art, the pictures are deep and concise, often revealing wisdom and beauty, combining Chinese metaphysics with Western abstraction and experiment convincingly yet delicately. The vehicle for this union was Li's concept of the "cosmic point", representing the"origin and the end of creation". Li is recognized as the first conceptual artist in the Chinese world and also one of the pioneers of Taiwan's abstract paintings and conceptual art. In the journey of art creation, Li got rid of the traditional bondage and opened a new chapter of art.
Asia Art Center is honored to have the generous support from The LYC Foundation in London to loan four important ink and watercolor pieces of Li Yuan-chia Taipei Period works.
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台北时期 Taipei Period ( late 1950-1962 )
李元佳 Li Yuan-chia 无题 Untitled
水墨及水彩纸本 Ink and Watercolor on Paper
26.6x39.3cm 1954-1961
李元佳 Li Yuan-chia 无题 Untitled
水墨及水彩纸本 Ink and Watercolor on Paper
27.3x54.5cm 1954-1961
李元佳 Li Yuan-chia 无题 Untitled
水墨及水彩纸本 Ink and Watercolor on Paper
39x26.6cm 1954-1961
展出于亚洲艺术中心（北京）-“风林火山-源自东方的抽象”
Exhibited in Zeigeist: Abstract Art of Eastern Origin at Asia Art Center (Beijing)
以上四件作品为李元佳基金会藏品
The four artworks above from Collection of Li Yuan-chia Foundation. © Li Yuan-chia Foundation.
图片由亚洲艺术中心提供 Courtesy of Asia Art Center.
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博洛尼亚时期 Bologna Period (1962-1966)
图片来源于台北市立美术馆
李元佳基金会藏品
Images from Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Collection of Li Yuan-chia Foundation. © Li Yuan-chia Foundation.
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伦敦时期 London Period (1966-1968)
图片来源于 Camden Arts Centre
Image from Camden Arts Centre
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坎布里亚郡时期 Cambria Period (1968-1994)
Image from Camden Arts Centre
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“风林火山-源自东方的抽象”展览现场 亚洲艺术中心（北京）2019
View on Zeitgeist: Abstract of Eastern Origin at Asia Art Center (Beijing), 2019
李元佳作品 Works by Li Yuan-chia
“观‧点 - 李元佳回顾展” 台北市立美术馆，台北，2014
View-Point: A Retrospective Exhibition of Li Yuan-chia
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2014
关于艺术家 About Artist
李元佳 Lee Yuan-chia （1929-1994）
重要个展：“观‧点 - 李元佳回顾展”（台北市立美术馆，台北，2014）、“李元佳”（泰特美术馆，伦敦，2014）、“水+彩=56/7=李元佳”（李元佳美术馆，班克斯，1977）、“李元佳”（号码画廊，佛罗伦萨，1960）
重要联展： “风林火山- 源自东方的抽象”（亚洲艺术中心，北京，2019）、“语言行动：反射-想象-重复”（曼彻斯特美术馆，曼彻斯特，2018）、“另一个故事：英国战后亚非裔艺术家”（海沃德美术馆，伦敦，1989）、“Popa at MoMA – 参与艺术的先锋”（现代艺术美术馆，牛津，1971）、“圣保罗双年展” （圣保罗，1957 、1959）
公共收藏：泰特现代美术馆（英国）、台北市立美术馆（台北）
Selected Solo Exhibitions: “Viewpoint: A Retrospective of Li Yuan-chia” (Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, 2014), “Li Yuan-chia” (Tate Modern, London, 2014), “Water + Colour = 56/7 = Li Yuan-chia” (LYC Museum, Banks, 1977), “Li Yuan-chia” (Galleria Numero, Florence, 1960)
Selected Group Exhibitions: “Zeitgeist - Abstract Art of Eastern Origin” (Asia Art Center, Beijing, 2019), “Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination-Repetition” (Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, 2018), “The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-war Britain” (Hayward Gallery, London, 1989), “The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-war Britain” (Hayward Gallery, London, 1989), “Popa at MoMA - Pioneers of Participation-Art” (MOMA, Oxford, UK). Besides, Li has participated in Bienal de São Paulo twice in 1957 and 1959 as the representative of Taiwan.
Public Collections: Tate Modern (London), Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taipei)
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