LI CHEN: MIND.BODY.SPIRIT

192 Pages·2013·11.17 MB·English

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LI CHEN: MIND BODY SPIRIT
Round Table Discussion with International Curators
On the Spiritual in Art: Is there a place for the transcendental in
contemporary sculpture?

Round Table Discussion introductions by
T.K. Sabapathy
Papers presented by
Gao Minglu, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker and Kwok Kian Chow

With curatorial introductions by
Tan Hwee Koon
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MIND
BODY
SPIRIT
17 September to 9 December 2009
精神 身體 靈魂
李 真 2009　新加坡美術館個展
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PHOTO CREDITS
The Publisher would like to thank the following for granting
permission to reproduce photographs:
Wu Yu Shan
Rich Huang
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Li Chen
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Table of contents
Foreword Tan Boon Hui 009
前言 陳文輝
Li Chen: Mind.Body.Spirit
connecting the fragmented spaces within a garden city Tan Hwee Koon 012
李真：精神、身体、靈魂： 陳慧君
連接花園城市分散空間的橋梁
Introduction T. K. Sabapathy 021
序言 T• K• 薩巴帕迪
Yi Pai: A Synthetic Theory Against Representation Gao Minglu 028
意派：一個顛覆再現的理論 高名潞
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker 042
論藝術的精神性
Li Chen’s New Works and the Spiritual in Art Kwok Kian Chow 051
李真的新作以及藝術中的靈性 郭建超
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Foreword
The exhibition Li Chen: Mind .Body .Spirit, co-organised with the Asia Art Center, is the Taiwanese
artist’s biggest outdoor solo show in Asia, an inaugural display of large-scale sculptures situated
at prominent locations within the Bras Basah/Bugis precinct. The exhibition highlights a wide
repertoire of works from the various artistic phases of Li Chen, and may be experienced as one
continuous walking trail beginning at the inner courtyards of the Singapore Art Museum and
extending into the Campus Green of the Singapore Management University and the National
Museum/Fort Canning Park gardens.
This concept of a walking trail takes art out of the museum confines of white cube galleries and
enables the public to experience the sculptures in the wide open spaces and greenery. For the
Museum, it is really an attempt to bring art that much closer to the public who may hesitate to step
into the gallery. The lush greenery is the perfect setting for Li Chen's sensuous and joyful figures
which never fail to stop visitors in their tracks.
This ambitious project would not have been possible without the support and collaboration of the
various venue and agency partners in the area: the Singapore Management University, the National
Museum of Singapore, Land Transport Authority and NParks. We would also like to thank the
official hotel St Regis for being such wonderful hosts for our international guests and the artist.
A note of gratitude also goes to the curator Tan Hwee Koon, project manager Patricia Levasseur,
and Steven Lee from the Asia Art Center for going beyond the call of duty to bring this project to
fruition. Most of all, I would like to thank the artist Li Chen whose passion and energy for art was
really the genesis of the project.
Tan Boon Hui
Director
Singapore Art Museum
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