Nevertheless, Lee, who remained determined to focus on modern art concepts, could not withstand the intense competition of the gallery movement of the late 1980s. A small gallery like his could not be commercially viable with such practices as signing contracts and buying paintings beforehand.
然而，始終堅守現代藝術理念的李錫奇究竟拚不過八○年代末期風起雲湧的畫廊運動，先簽約、買畫等商業機制的建立不是小規模的「三原色」所能望其項背的。