達摩禪畫 Dharma Zen Painting

禪文化與當代藝術的跨越 ─ 實踐以畫弘法的宏願

The trans-disciplinarity of Zen Culture and Contemporary Art

─ Practice Buddhist teachings via art works

In 5th century, “Bodhidharma” who traveled East to China, taught the Zen method and was revered as the patriarch of Chinese Zen Buddhism, a philosophy that had a profound influence on Chinese and Japanese culture and later spread to Europe and around the world.

Wang Wei pioneered Chinese Zen painting during the Tang Dynasty, while Liang Kai’s Immortal in Splashed Ink from the Southern Song Dynasty is a classic work of Zen painting. Dharma Zen painting first appeared in the Tang Dynasty and since that time numerous artists have painted Dharma portraits, including Liang Kai and Mu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, others painters in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties and more recently Qi Baishi, Pan Tianshou , Zhang Daqian etc.

Sixty-nine-year-old Huang decided to dedicate himself to Zen painting, featuring the Dharma as his central motif through contemporary art forms. He had established his own style in depicting a hundred or more poses of Dharma. The goal is to make Zen painting more approachable for viewers with spiritual vibration and resonance, while also expressing the beauty of Zen culture and Zen philosophies to the world. He had invented a new style of Zen painting. Such works also offered an optimal interpretation and realized his desire to propagate Buddhist teachings.

五世紀的南北朝時「菩提達摩」東渡中國，傳授禪法，尊為中國禪宗初祖。此後，禪宗思想，影響中華與日本文化甚鉅，後遠播歐美及全世界。

唐代王維開創中國禪畫史的先河，南宋梁楷〈潑墨仙人圖〉為中國禪畫代表作。從南宋的梁楷與牧谿，到近代齊白石、潘天壽與張大千等皆曾恭繪達摩法像。

六十九歲的黃歌川頓悟禪哲理思維崇高，足供活化藝術創作內涵，決定跨入禪畫創作，用當代藝術的表現手法，塑造千姿百態造型的達摩，讓觀者更易於親近喜愛，產生心靈感應與共鳴，向全世界傳達禪學思維與禪文化之美，開闢禪畫新畫風，達成以畫弘法的宏願。