Yi-Shuan LEE 李奕諠
Das Nichts
2021
壓克力於畫布
Acrylic on Canvas
150 x 110 cm
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藝術家Artist info
李奕諠 Yi-Shuan LEE
李奕諠，加拿大籍華裔，1995年生於臺灣臺中，2017年畢業於安大略藝術設計大學藝術創作學系。自此，其作品曾頻繁展出於加拿大、台灣、中國、法國、義大利及美國，現⼯作及生活於多倫多。
李奕諠作品的主要媒介涵蓋繪畫及雕塑，善於取材於個⼈經歷，並在畫布上構築一個夢幻、詭譎的超現實世界。以德國兒童玩具品牌Playmobil做為畫中主要形象，反諷故事中角色對於生活的無感與無知，並藉由香菸樹來影射當代社會裡的各種成癮議題。藝術家將東方視覺語言所形成的世界觀，融入西方特徵，兩者的衝突與結合，反映了自身背景以及內涵。此外，其作品亦充斥著深沉的人文關懷，將目光投射於當代年輕人的⽣活形態，不斷嘗試突破傳統所附加的價值觀下遇到的各種阻礙，傾情於審視東西方文化中還未曾被講述的隱密議題，將思考與批判的東方視角浸潤在其作品之中。
Yi-Shuan LEE is a Taiwanese Canadian artist born in Taichung, Taiwan in 1995. LEE received his BFA from OCAD University in 2017 and has since exhibited frequently across Canada, China, France, Italy, Taiwan, and the United States. He currently resides and works in Toronto.
LEE’s art practice mainly includes painting and sculpture, drawing on his personal experiences to construct a dreamlike, eccentric hyperreality. He uses the German children’s toy brand, Playmobil, as the main image in his work, a satire on the disinterest and ignorance towards life his characters possess, while featuring cigarette trees as a metaphor for the issues of addiction in contemporary society. The artist infuses Western influences with the world perspective of the Eastern visual language, the collision and integration of the two cultures reflective of his own background and ideologies. In addition, his works are full of deep humanitarian compassion, shedding light on the lifestyles of the youth in this current era. Examining obscured stories that are yet to be told, he repeatedly attempts to surpass obstacles laid by traditional moral values by integrating the Eastern perspective of thought and critique in the works.
