李明學 | James Ming–Hsueh LEE

李明學，1978 年出生於台灣，現居於台北。2005年曾獲台北美術獎首獎。2013年取得英國羅浮堡大學(Loughborough University) 博士學位。國內外展演資歷豐富，近年重要展覽包含「點……點」(2021)個展於鳳甲美術館、「在放鬆的多數的陽光中—李明學個展」於臺北市立美術館、「好多事量販」(2017) 個展於關渡美術館、「2016臺北雙年展」(2016)、「食物箴言：思想與食物」(2015) 於臺北市立美術館、「河流 - 轉換中的生存之道 / 亞洲當代藝術連線」(2016) 於光州美術館、「他人的風景」(2012) 於巴黎斯特林格勒廣場。

李明學的作品關注商場中的各式物件，找尋在藝術脈絡上的潛在意義。藉由幽默的手法與重新閱讀生活周遭中的物件，檢視被媒體、教育與社會框架中對各種事物/物件的慣性理解。透過反轉各項物件的使用方式、轉換外觀的造型或是被觀看的角度，在探索當代藝術的可能性上，創造出輕盈感受的另類解讀。

James Ming–Hsueh LEE was born in 1978 in Taiwan. He currently works and lives in Taipei. He is the 2005 Taipei Arts Award First Prize winner and is rewarded with his Ph.D in 2013 from Loughborough University, UK. He has rich experience in exhibitions both at home and abroad. Recently, selected exhibitions include "Dian……Dian"(2021) solo exhibition in Hong-Gah Museum, "In the Sunshine of the Relaxed Majorities-Ming-Hsueh LEE's solo exhibition" (2019) in Taipei Fine Arts Museum, "Things Wholesale" (2017) solo exhibition in Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, "2016 Taipei Biennial" (2016) and "The Testimony of Food: Ideas and Food" (2015) in Taipei Fine Arts Museum, "RIVER— The Way of Living in Transition Asia Contemporary Art Links" (2016) in Gwangju Museum of Art, "Other Landscapes" (2012) in La Rotonde Place Stalingrad in Paris.

James Ming-Hsueh LEE's works often center on the objects found in the stores. He searches for alternative meanings in relation to art contexts. With a penetrating sense of humor, he reexamines and reflects upon the habitual understanding of 'things' indoctrinated by the media, education and society. Through reversing the usage of the objects, transforming their appearances or people's perceptions of them, the artist is able to offer refreshing and amusing interpretations, creating relaxing feelings to asset other possibilities for the exploration of contemporary art.