策展人 / 林秋芳、陳勇成

全球化與數位化時代催化人類的生活動能，使人們處於過度躁動不安的狀態，加以人類在近半世紀對大自然的剝奪豪取，博物館作為社會教育場域，亟需有不同的視角，對人們做出一番心靈舒緩與守護環境的提醒。國立歷史博物館與佛光山佛陀紀念館，以博物館美學教育推廣回饋社會大眾。在此全球心靈艱困的後疫情時代，以豐富的荷花主題典藏作品於佛光山佛陀紀念館展出，為兩館合作再創新的里程與意義。

本次展覽精選各館典藏近、現代名家70餘件畫荷之作，展現晚清至現當代中、西畫家以寫意、工筆、油畫、水彩等不同技法展現荷花之美，有吳昌碩、張大千、溥心畬、王震、沈耀初、吳平、鄭曼青、金勤伯、趙少昂、歐豪年、黃磊生、鍾正山、李奇茂、黃光男、江明賢、常玉、管執中、席慕蓉、梁丹丰等大師手筆，件件經典，藉此得見傳統到現當代畫家如何演繹荷花的千姿百態與文人情懷。

自古以來文人把蓮花比做君子，蓮花亦稱荷花，古云「出淤泥而不染，中通外直，不蔓不枝，香遠益清」，文人畫講究全面的文化修養，兼擅詩、書、畫、印，不論人品、學問、思想一應俱全，文人常藉著荷花創作自勵，比賦品德高超脫俗的君子。蓮花因其潔白高雅，為佛教的聖潔之花，以蓮喻佛的象徵物，表示神聖與不滅。特別是以蓮花來比喻諸佛菩薩出於世間而清淨無染。

本次展覽莊嚴盛大的在佛光山佛陀紀念館展出，內容單元規劃「大千風采」、「金石風格」、「嶺南風光」、「文人風雅」與「東西風情」等多角度創作風格主題，讓民眾欣賞近代各派畫家彩筆下的荷花藝術風情之外，也傳遞傳統文人與佛家共同學習蓮花清淨、聖潔精神的修行內涵，共同追求人間的善美與真心。

Curators / Lin Chiu-Fang, Chen Yung-Cheng

In the era of globalization and digitization, the rhythm of modern life have put people in a state of excessive restlessness. In the last half century, Mother Nature has been heavily exploited. As institution for social education, museum thus has the responsibility of offering a different perspective; it has to soothe the hearts of people in the society, and at the same time, to remind them of the need to protect the environment. The National Museum of History and the Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum are contributing to the public by promoting such aesthetic education. During this post-epidemic period, this exhibition, which displays a rich collection of lotus-themed artworks, marks a new milestone and signifies a meaningful collaboration between the two museums.

This exhibition features more than 70 paintings of lotus by modern artists from the collections of the two museums. These artworks showcase the beauty of the lotus in Chinese and Western painting styles from the late Qing dynasty to the present day; they utilize different techniques such as freehand, brushwork, oil painting, and watercolor. The artists presented in this exhibition include Wu Chang-Shuo, Chang Dai-Chien, Pu Xin-Yu, Wang Zhen, Shen Yao-Chu, Wu Ping, Zheng Man-Qing, Jin Chin-Bo, Chao Shao-An, Au Ho-Nien, Huang Lui-Sang, Chung Chen-Sun, Lee Chi-Mao, Huang Kuang-Nan, Chiang Ming-Shyan, San Yu, Kuan Chih-Chung, Xi Mu-Rong, Liang Dan-Fong. From these paintings, we see how the lotus is portrayed by both traditional and contemporary painters through a myriad of forms and sentimental expressions.

The lotus flower is a symbol of Buddhism because of its purity and elegance, and signifies divinity and immortality. In particular, the lotus flower is used as a metaphor to describe Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who remain pure and untainted in the world.

The exhibition is divided into five sections: “Master Dai-Chien and the Da Feng Tang Studio,” “Epigraphic School and Its Styles,” “Light and Color of the Lingnan School,” “Flowers and Birds of Literati Painters,” and “Convergence of East and West.” We hope that every visitor would get to appreciate these artworks under the colorful brushstrokes of modern artists.