On the Map.In the '70s, Li Yuan-chia Li Yuan-chia (李元佳, born near Lushan, China 1929 - died Carlisle 1994) was an 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. turned his home in the small town of Banks into the LYC Museum, a venue for local and international artists. Discovering the artist's own work, however, has not been much easier than locating the tiny Cumbrian village on an English road map. Curator Guy Brett's show promises to point the way where Li's achievements are concerned. A leader in the development of Chinese abstraction in the late '50s, Li (1929-94) aligned himself with the Bolognese Bolognese a small (5-9 lb) bichon-type dog with a distinctive coat which is long and flocked without curls. Punto group in the early '60s. Brett celebrates Li's vital syncretism syn·cre·tism n. 1. Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous. 2. , a hybrid of Eastern philosophy and Western avant-gardism (Camden Arts Centre The Camden Arts Centre is a Grade II listed building sited in the London Borough of Camden, London, England, between the areas of Hampstead and Kilburn. It is the largest arts centre venue in North London, although by no means is it the largest arts venue per se. , London, Jan. 26-Mar. 18; Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria, Mar. 28-June 3; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, July 6-Sept. 9). |
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