夏荊山與江曉航的觀音佛畫藝術初探

A Preliminary Study into the Guanyin Buddhist Arts of Xia Jing-Shan and Chiang Hsiao-Hung

楊偵琴(Yang Zhenqin)

《夏荊山藝術論衡》 3期 (2017/03) Pp. 65-82

摘要

夏荊山(1927)的佛畫以佛陀及觀音菩薩像為著，畫作融入佛學體悟，佛畫形神兼備，畫境佛典合一；江曉航(1945-2003)師承夏荊山，臨摹歷代名家觀音佛畫，又創顯現代新意，畫作體現佛法教義哲思，蘊含故事語彙。本文以《夏荊山中國佛像畫集》之畫作及覺無憂藝術〈千年明月─江曉航漢傳觀音藝術特展〉觀音佛畫進行審美，析論畫作之美感特質，觀音佛畫與宗教經典關係密切，文中提出「畫中有佛、佛中有話」之觀點，從觀音佛畫的藝術角度來看，體現《普門品》偈語：「真觀清淨觀，廣大智慧觀，悲觀及慈觀，常願常瞻仰。」之精神，回顧夏荊山與江曉航觀音佛畫藝術成就，內蘊神話思維與佛學哲思，提供佛畫藝術之審美參考。

關鍵字

夏荊山 ； 江曉航 ； 觀音佛畫

並列摘要

The Buddhist paintings of Xia Jing-Shan (1927-) focus on Buddha and Guanyin statues, with teachings of Buddhism integrated into the artist's works, his vivid paintings which displayed Buddhism are also all-in-one with nature. Chiang Hsiao-Hung (1945-2003), who understudied Xia Jing-Shan, imitated famous ancient Guanyin paintings. Hence, his paintings displayed the teachings of Buddhism, its doctrines and philosophies. This paper which explores the aesthetics of Buddhist arts, concentrates primarily on the brushworks from the publications: Xia Jing- Shan Chinese Buddhist Art Collections and Brilliant Moon of Compassion - Master Piece of Guanyin by Chiang Hsiao-hung. This is an analysis of the aesthetic qualities behind these paintings. Buddhist art paintings are closely associated with the religious classics, as its wordings clearly state its perspective, ＂Buddha dwells within the painting, and the words dwell within Buddha＂. From the artistic point view of the Buddhist arts, the Universal Door Chapter proclaims: ＂True Contemplator, Pure Contemplator, Contemplator with Vast, Great Wisdom, Compassionate Contemplator, Kind Contemplator, constant are your vows and constant is our respect＂. Here, the artistic achievements of Xia Jing-Shan and Chiang Hsiao- Hung's Buddhist art paintings, connotations of the mythology behind and its Buddhist philosophy, all provided a source of aesthetic reference to the Buddhist art which have been studied and reviewed.

並列關鍵字

Xia Jing-Shan ； Chiang Hsiao-Hung ； Guanyin Buddhist art paintings