Patrick Lee (Chinese: 李紹榮; pinyin: Lǐ Shàoróng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lí Siāu-êng; born 1948) is a contemporary Taiwanese painter.[1][2][3]
Patrick Lee | |
|---|---|
李紹榮 | |
| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Occupation | Painter |
He was born in Kaohsiung City, started to paint after winning a primary school drawing contest, and is a self-taught artist. His works are multimedia on canvas or wood panels, mixing oil and acrylic paints, inks and powders. The works, primarily lavis, have recently taken a more adventurous turn and combine Chinese arts and calligraphy to modern media and contexts. Lee's works are bright and colorful panels with a lot of silver, gold, reds and blacks, a subtle marriage of strong colors resulting in a mellow blend. The texts often visible in the background are extracted from very famous and ancient museum calligraphies of Wang Xizhi recomposed in Lee's manner.
Although Lee has painted for many years, he didn't hold any shows until 2002. His first show in Taiwan was followed by a solo exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark and several solo exhibitions in Taiwan. Exhibitions are planned for Peking and Shanghai.
He has been praised in Lifestyle Magazine and in the Taipei Times[1], and is particularly appreciated by Western collectors.
Work
editPatrick Lee is perhaps best known for his Time for a Drink collection — a series of silkscreen paintings that depict Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek standing together with a bottle of Taiwan Beer between them. It is the world's first artwork upload to the Ethereum blockchain.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Internationally collected artist Patrick Lee". Radio Taiwan International. 2021-03-21. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ Liang, Yawen 梁雅雯 (2017-07-21). "李紹榮縫合歷史畫作 傳達兩岸和平藝術" [Patrick Lee stitches historical paintings to convey the art of cross-strait peace] (in Chinese). China Review News Agency. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
- ^ "全球首創「藝術品上鏈商轉」 李紹榮攜手區塊鏈重塑銷售模式" [The world's first "artwork transfer on the chain": Patrick Lee joins hands with the blockchain to reshape the sales model]. ETtoday (in Chinese). 2019-02-19. Archived from the original on 2023-07-23. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
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