FROM “CHINA” TO “TAIWAN” WHAT MESSAGES CAN WE GET FROM THE ART OF LEE MING-TSE? 從「中國」到「台灣」李明則的藝術給了我們什麼訊息

CONTENTS

	THE CHILDREN OF MYANMAR 緬甸的孩子 By CHEN I-chih 陳義芝 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	GRANNY’S STATE OF MIND 阿嬤的心思 By TING Wen-Chih 丁文智 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	AQUARIUM, WITH TWO SIDETRACKS 水族箱（外二首） By Chang Kun 張堃 Translated by Zona Yi-Ping TSOU 鄒怡平

	URBAN CHILDHOOD 都市童年 By FONG Ming 方明 Translated by Zona Yi-Ping TSOU 鄒怡平

	WHITE HAIR 白髮 By Lo Ti 落蒂 Translated by Zona Yi-Ping TSOU 鄒怡平

	MOTES OF SUNLIGHT— In Gratitude to Ya Hsien 陽光顆粒—謝瘂弦 By Hsiang Ming 向明 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	VISITING THE BLUE GROTTO— Grotta Azzurra, Italy, 1998 航向藍洞 By Jiao Tong 焦桐 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	APRIL 四月 By Hsia Ching 夏菁 Translated by C. W. WANG 王季文

	FEELINGS RUN DEEP 古井情深 By YANG Wen Wei 楊文瑋 Translated by James Scott WILLIAMS 衛高翔

	A NOTICE IN SEARCH OF A MISSING PERSON 尋人啟事 By CHANG Ai-chin 張愛金 Translated by Shou-Fang HU-MOORE 胡守芳

	YOUTH IN NANGAN 少年南竿 By CHIANG Hsun 蔣勳 Translated by Jonathan R. BARNARD 柏松年

	YOUTH IN TONGXIAO 少年通霄 By CHIANG Hsun 蔣勳 Translated by Jonathan R. BARNARD 柏松年

	HIROSHIMA LOVE 廣島之戀 By RUAN Ching-Yue 阮慶岳 Translated by David and Ellen DETERDING 戴德巍與陳艷玲

	FROM “CHINA” TO “TAIWAN” WHAT MESSAGES CAN WE GET FROM THE ART OF LEE MING-TSE? 從「中國」到「台灣」李明則的藝術給了我們什麼訊息？ By Hong-ming TSAI 蔡宏明 Translated by David van der Peet 范德培

	FROM “DANDY” TO “WILD CURSIVE SCRIPT” : FALSE FEELINGS AND TRUE DESIRES IN THE ART OT LEE MING-TSE 從「公子哥」到「狂草」—談李明則藝術中的虛情真欲 By Shui-tsai CHEN 陳水財 Translated by David van der Peet 范德培

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	BLOSSOM OF BANABA 香蕉花, acrylic on paper, 52 × 33.5 cm, 1993...............................................Cover

	FAIRY 神女, acrylic on paper pulp, 22 × 23 cm, 2008 ..............................................................Back Cover By Lee Ming-tse 李明則

Hong-ming TSAI 蔡宏明

FROM “CHINA” TO “TAIWAN” WHAT MESSAGES CAN WE GET FROM THE ART OF LEE MING-TSE?
從「中國」到「台灣」李明則的藝術給了我們什麼訊息？*

Translated by David van der Peet 范德培

In 1981, Lee Ming-tse, then 24 years old, won the sixth Hsiung Shih Award for New Artist of the Year for the painting Chinese Style; in 2009, now aged 52, Lee held a major solo exhibition at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts under the title “I Love Taiwan and Love Southern Taiwan Even More” (also the name of one of his recent paintings). The artistic road leading from a “China” label to a “Taiwan” tag certainly deserves a

Exploring the Dream 尋夢, acrylic on paper, 69 × 39 cm, 1993; collection of Inart Space

closer look.
Chinese Style is the work that made Lee’s name as an artist.
Painted with acrylic on rough plywood, the pure, unmixed colors
are applied in broad, even strokes to form emblematic patterns

Black Horse and White Horse (A) 白馬與黑馬(A), acrylic on wood,
46 × 85 × 46 cm, 1983; collection of the artist

and designs. In style, it is reminiscent of a certain type of literary illustrations. As a tetraptych of sorts, Chinese Style was also a statement of unconformity at time when the prevailing aesthetic fashion was moving in very different directions. Even so,....

*	From Lee Ming-tse’s 李明則 collection of works Wo ai Taiwan geng ai nan Taiwan 《我愛台灣•更愛南台灣》 (I Love Taiwan and Love Southern Taiwan Even More), Tsai Shing-ling 蔡幸伶 ed., Kaohsiung: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, 2009, 14-17.