. . 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 1 2 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 3 PUBLISHED BY SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM 71 Bras Basah Road Singapore 189555 www.singaporeartmuseum.sg ASIA ART CENTER CO., LTD. No.177, Sec.2, Jianguo S. Rd., Da-an District, 10659, Taipei No.2, Jiuxianqiao Rd., Dashanzi 798 Art District, Chaoyang District, 100015, Beijing www.asiaartcenter.org DESIGNED BY UNIQUE AD OFFICE PRINTED BY P. W. Design and Production Copyright © 2010 by publishers, artist and authors. Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum 17 September – 9 December 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owners. The opinions expressed in this publication are the sole responsibil- ity of the Writers and not the Publisher. ISBN 978-986-84060-8-7 PHOTO CREDITS The Publisher would like to thank the following for granting permission to reproduce photographs: Wu Yu Shan Rich Huang 4 Li Chen 5 6 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 7 8 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 9 10
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