The Desired End of Spirit - Lee Chu-hsin Solo Exhibition

The Desired End of Spirit originates from writings found in Lee Chu-Hsin’s manuscripts. The goal is to imagine this solo exhibition at Yu-Hsiu Museum of Art as an inner journey that finally reaches its desired end. The exhibition opens with one of Lee’s manuscripts and invites the audience to embark on his life journey. The artist’s studio is re-created on the first floor with the condition when the artist last steps out its door, enabling the audience to perceive how the artist used to work. The various series displayed on the second floor, from three figure paintings created when Lee was a student in the US, to his significant Suitcase series, to the paintings featuring fish, demonstrate the artist’s self-exploration after returning to Taiwan as well as the growing environmental awareness and concerns for different issues in his work. On view on the third floor are the important series featuring motifs of hands, old farmers, veterans, cloth and horses, which collectively and comprehensively represent the artist’s continuous observation of the external and the inner worlds as well as how his creative approaches have reflected his ideas. In addition to the artworks, the interviews of friends and family on the first floor, the manuscripts displayed on the second floor and a special section telling the story between the museum and its director immerse the audience in the artist’s irreplaceable influence on this museum, allowing all to not only learn about Lee’s art but also perceive his heartwarming presence as a friend, a teacher and the museum’s director.