| 摘要: | 帶有吉祥話的「吉祥圖案」，千百年來就已充滿在我們中華民族的生活周遭及民眾的日常生活裡，而這也是我們華人最為普遍接受的求吉方式，並且至今不衰。祈求吉祥及祈願的地方總少不了宗教的場合與儀式，以寺廟來說，裡外牆上幾乎裝飾著由吉祥圖像所雕刻成的牆中畫，不同寺廟裡皆有大大小小的牆中畫，並且每件雕刻作品都有著極為豐富且細膩的求吉主題。筆者曾親自考察大陸安徽省九華山上的四大佛教名廟、日本東京著名的一些神宮，以及台灣台北、中部香火鼎盛的廟宇，記錄並拍攝下各個地區的代表性吉祥圖像。吉祥圖像裡的吉祥話大都取自於成語，尤以祝福的語彙居多，所運用的圖像舉凡動物、植物和神佛等，均帶有象徵性、諧音性和寓意性等藝術意涵，可激發出人們無限的想像空間，從而帶來了象徵性的多重祝福。
試想在「吉祥話」與「吉祥圖像」等富有多樣主題並帶有祝福求吉之概念中，加入了東方元素「漆」，一定會起了更大的效用。古老的漆藝作品，饒富古樸的韻味，以及其獨特的色感，除了有著天生的黏著性、防潮、耐酸和防蛀等特質之外，更可說是保護器物的最佳天然材質。筆者以木胎作為畫板，天然漆做為創作顏料，再結合上創作的思維，紀錄十幅帶有吉祥圖像的漆畫主題之創作過程，以及漆藝、漆器等共計三十件以上之創作。創作出具有現代風貌的漆畫，並從中探討及研究出最佳繪製的可能性，使具有吉祥圖樣的漆畫作品更富有超越一般繪材所呈現的畫風及獨具特色的藝術品。
Chinese people’s daily lives and surroundings have been filled with “Auspicious images” with auspicious phrases for thousands of years. It is also the most common way that Chinese people have used to seek good fortune. This method has not changed even up until today. Praying for good fortune and places for prayers are associated to religious occasions and ceremonies. With respect to temples, their inner and outer walls are mostly decorated with wall paintings carved with auspicious images. Different temples have different sizes of wall paintings. In addition, every sculpture has exquisitely rich and detailed fortune-seeking themes. The author once personally inspected the four major Buddhist Temples in Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province, Mainland China. He has also visited some famous Daijingu (similar to temples) in Kyoto, Japan, and popular temples in Taipei and the central region of Taiwan. He has recorded and took photos of auspicious images that represent each of the regions. Most auspicious phrases in the auspicious images are originated from Chinese idioms. They are mainly words of blessings. Most of the images are inspired from animals, plants, and deities, which all have artistic meanings of symbolism and figurativeness. They could stimulate people’s unlimited imagination, bringing out multiple blessings of symbolism.
Imagine incorporating the oriental element “lacquer” into a diversity of good-fortune themes of “auspicious phrases” and “auspicious images”, the result will definitely be even more effective. Old lacquer artworks are associated to the simplicity and charm of vintages. Its unique sense of color not only has natural features of adhesion, moisture-proof, decay-resistance, and moth-repellency, but it also is the best natural material for protecting artifacts. The author uses wood base as the drawing board and natural lacquer as the medium. Integrating with the above creative concepts, the creative process of ten pieces of lacquer paintings with auspicious images as the themes were recorded. In addition, there are a total of more than 30 pieces of lacquer paintings and lacquer containers. The created lacquer paintings are of modern style, from which the best painting possibility was explored and investigated. As a result, the lacquer paintworks with auspicious images could become unique works of art presented with a painting style that outcompetes other artworks. |
