Li Yuan-chia
Li Yuan-chia (李元佳, born near Lushan, China 1929 - died Carlisle 1994) was a Chinese artist, poet and curator. He was educated in Taiwan from 1949.
Life
Li Yuan-chia is credited with establishing modern abstract art in Chinese circles. After time spent in Italy, in Bologna and Milan,[1] Li Yuan-chia moved to London in 1965 where he exhibited with David Medalla and later at the Lisson Gallery.
In 1968 he moved to Brampton in the English-Scottish Borders where, after two years residence near Lanercost, he purchased a derelict farmhouse at Banks on the Roman Wall from the artist Winifred Nicholson. By his own physical efforts and with scant resources he established the LYC Museum and Art Gallery which attracted the participation of artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Rosie Leventon, David Nash and Bill Woodrow,as well as encouraging the creative efforts of children, some of whom went on to successful careers in the arts.
Gaining increasing recognition for his enterprise, after a year or two Li was awarded funding from the Arts Council, making it possible for the Museum to continue its activities for the ten years he had originally planned. Li Yuan-chia died of cancer. A retrospective of his work and career was shown at the Camden Arts Centre in 2001.[2]
Exhibitions
- São Paulo Biennale 1957
- São Paulo Biennale 1959
- Stadisches Museum Leverkusen 1960
- Obelisko Gallery Rome
- White - White 1965
- Signals London Soundings Two 1966
- Signals London Soundings 3 + 1 = Li Y - C etc.
- Lisson Gallery
- Cosmic Point 1967[2]
- Camden Arts Centre, 26 January - 18 March 2001; Kendal, Cumbria: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal 28 March - 3 June; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 6 July - 9 September 2001
References
- Guy Brett and Nick Sawyer (2000) Li Yuan-Chia: Tell Me What is Not Yet Said (London: Institute of International Visual Arts)
- Guy Brett, Li Yuan-chia 1929-1994, Third Text n28/9, Autumn/Winter 1994, 3-4: obituary
Notes
- ^ Hsiao Chin, who has been traveling extensively in Europe and sending back reports of new developments in art to artist friends and newspapers in Taiwan, settles in Milan. There he establishes Il Punto (The Point) group with the Italian painter Antonio Calderara and the Japanese sculptor Kengiro Azuma. Hsiao Chin invites artists from Ton Fan to join him in Milan and several (including Li) do.[1]
- ^ This list taken from a Lisson Gallery catalogue, dated October 1967
External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Li, Yuan-chia |
| Alternative names |
|
| Short description |
|
| Date of birth |
1929 |
| Place of birth |
|
| Date of death |
1991 |
| Place of death |
|