《家》、《進行中的自畫像》｜《陳美玲》

《家》李錦繡 1982 56 x 76 cm 水彩、紙家屬收藏《家族》李錦繡 1984 90 x 60 x 60 cm 石膏、木箱家屬收藏《進行中的自畫像》李錦繡 1992 110 x 79 cm 壓克力彩、紙家屬收藏《觀自在之三（我和…?）》李錦繡 1995 91 x 65 cm 壓克力彩、畫布家屬收藏《對話》李錦繡 1993 248 x 155 cm 壓克力彩、畫布家屬收藏李錦繡的人生真實寫照著「陳美玲」作為一名藝術家同時是人妻與母親的掙扎與堅毅。本次展出作品顯現了其在家庭責任與自我觀照之間的心境思索。 1983年，李錦繡將愛子托付母親照顧，赴巴黎留學，站在要離開家與國的十字路口，內心難以割捨的親情羈絆與自我藝術追求的矛盾搏鬥，化為《家》畫面中不斷擴散、無法預測的黑色團塊，它是壓在畫面上擁有紅色影子、令人無法喘息的巨大黑石，抑或是通往另一個逃逸時空、散發著紅色光暈的黑洞。 90年代初李錦繡返台，與夫婿於台南安家。作品《對話》可見房屋內因充斥著傢俱而顯得擁擠，但透過錦繡特殊的空間透視變形與視角轉換，時空彷彿在她的畫筆下寧靜了；《進行中的自畫像》描繪了錦繡居家創作的狀態，淋漓盡致的表現出其一生所追求的空間語彙：不僅是二維與三維空間之間的轉換，更是現實與內在空間的抗衡與對話。如她所言：「透明的空間，我的存在應也是透明自在。」 Lii Jiin Shiow’s life is a true reflection of Michelle Chen's struggles and perseverance as an artist, wife and mother. The works presented in this exhibition reveal her inner reflections on navigating between family responsibilities and self-exploration. In 1983, Lii entrusted her beloved son to her mother’s care and left for Paris to study. Standing at the crossroads of leaving both home and country, she wrestled with the inescapable bond of family and the conflicting pursuit of her artistic dreams. This tension materialized in Home, where an expanding, unpredictable black mass spreads across the canvas—an immense black stone with a suffocating weight, casting a red shadow, or perhaps a black hole glowing with a crimson aura, leading to another escaping space and time. In the early 90s, Lii returned to Taiwan and settled in Tainan with her husband. The work Dialogue, shows that the house is crowded with furniture, but through Jin-Xiu's special spatial perspective deformation and perspective shift, space and time seem to be quieted under her brush. Ongoing Self-Portrait captures her state of creation within the home, fully embodying the spatial language she has pursued throughout her life—one that not only transforms between two-dimensional and three-dimensional space but also engages in a dialogue between external reality and inner perception. As she once said, “A Transparent space, my existence, too, should be transparent and free.”