Li Xianwen, the founder of “Lion Books”, a time-honored fine arts publishing house in Taiwan, was suddenly in the“Lion Art” Community FacebookPublished: “Lion Books has gone through 50 years of cold and heat, and is about to enter history”, announcing that the publishing house will turn off the lights. Li Xianwen said that there are no regrets, only shame, and he is unable to cope with the reading generation revolution, but he also emphasized: “Taiwan’s art path will not end.”
Li Xianwen is a well-known painter and publisher in Taiwan. He has long supported and paid attention to the development of Taiwanese art. He first founded the monthly “Lion Art” in 1971 and “Lion Books” the following year, publishing art-related books. The contents of the magazine and books are very popular. It has been well received by all walks of life and won the Golden Tripod Award for many times.
The monthly magazine “Lion Art” ceased publication in September 1996. At that time, the art world was also surprised. However, “Lion Books” was still kept, and it was not until recently that it decided to end it. The news spread, which made the art circle feel regretful.
Li Xianwen said in a telephone interview with reporters that, as he said in an article he wrote in 1996 when the monthly magazine “Lion Art” ceased publication, “The end is the beginning of another life.” Times are changing, and there will always be new talents and media. It is a pity that Minsheng Daily closed the magazine less than 10 years after it stopped publishing, and the cultural pages of major media have also shrunk. It is really emotional.
Li Xianwen said that he recalled that in 1971, when he was 24 years old, he founded the monthly “Lion Art” and “Lion Books” the following year, just to do more for Taiwanese art. The function of the magazine for the art world has passed, and the phased tasks have been completed, so the publication is suspended, but the publishing house continues to operate. He has some new ideas and books every year, so as to continue to pay attention to Taiwanese art. Until last year, Li Xianwen republished the book “About Rodin: Selected Copy of Xiong Bingming’s Diary” to commemorate the 100th birthday of a generation of artist and critic Xiong Bingming. Unexpectedly, the market responded surprisingly badly. This book was republished repeatedly in those years. The rave reviews are unbelievable.
Li Xianwen said that the deficit problem of “Lion Books” has always existed, but what is more serious than the deficit is that he “doesn’t know what book to publish”. Thoughts for a paragraph, but he always believes that the road of Taiwanese art has only a beginning, and there is no end. The new generation will definitely have new methods to keep the road of Taiwanese art going.
Li Xianwen said that he wanted to be a painter since he was a child, and he never stopped painting after the monthly magazine ended. After that, he would have more time to paint, and his second son Li Baihong ran the “Lion Starry Sky” complex space in 2016. Future readers If you can’t find the book you want to buy from “Lion Books”, you can buy it here, “The spirit of the Lion will continue to shine in the Starry Sky of Lions.”
2023-08-04 13:57:03
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