Metropolitan Museum
February, 2007
紐約大都會藝術博物館特展
行旅：山川大地與胸中丘壑
策展人Maxwell K. Hearn 2007.2.10─2007.8.26
以真實與想像的旅程為主題的展覽**「行旅：山川大地與胸中丘壑」（Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art）**，將於2月10日在紐約大都會藝術博物館開幕。本展匯集六十餘件不同形式的藝術作品，包括掛軸、手卷、冊頁、扇面、書籍及攝影作品，探討自十一世紀至今，中國藝術中所蘊含的旅程意象及其豐富的象徵意義與文化內涵。展覽將依主題而非年代編排，涵蓋離別與歸返、漫遊荒野、隱逸理想與園林世界、夢境旅程、旅人形象、名勝地景，以及地誌繪畫與地圖等主題。……
大都會藝術博物館亞洲藝術部策展人 Maxwell K. Hearn 表示：「本展並未採取嚴格依年代排序的方式陳列作品，而是依據一系列獨立的主題加以組織，使觀眾有機會看見不同時代作品之間的內在關聯。」「透過這樣的比較，觀眾可以理解後來的藝術家如何從前人的圖像表現中汲取養分，進而發展出屬於自己的藝術語言。例如在第三展室『歸返自然：隱逸生活』這一主題中，我們將于彭（1955年生）於1996年創作的一件作品，與一組十四世紀山水畫並置展示。透過仔細觀察，觀眾可以發現，于彭顯然深受這些古代大師的筆墨語彙以及隱逸精神所啟發。」
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展覽亦將呈現中國藝術如何引領觀者穿越時空的一個有趣面向。許多書畫卷軸保存了數量可觀且極為珍貴的歷代題跋，讓觀者得以追溯作品在不同鑑藏家與收藏者之間流傳的歷程。這些題跋同時也為後世觀者提供了一次穿越時空的機會，使人得以分享中國歷史上一些最具鑑賞眼光的評論家與著名藝術家的觀賞經驗。例如元代畫家倪瓚（1306–1374）與明代書畫理論家董其昌（1555–1636），便是其中兩位代表人物。
配合本次展覽，博物館將舉辦系列展廳導覽與專題講解活動。本展由大都會藝術博物館亞洲藝術部策展人 Maxwell K. Hearn 策劃。
摘自紐約大都會藝術博物館新聞稿（Metropolitan Museum Press Release） 2007.2.9
The theme of journeys, both real and imagined, will be presented in Journeys: Mapping the Earth and Mind in Chinese Art, opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on February 10. Featuring more than 60 works of art in various pictorial formats – hanging scroll, handscroll, album, fan, book, and photograph – the exhibition will explore the rich symbolic meanings and cultural significance of journeys as embodied in works of art dating from the 11th century to the present. The exhibition will be organized thematically: emotional partings and returns, roaming the wilderness, escapist visions and garden retreats, dream journeys, travelers, scenic sites and landmarks, and topographic paintings and maps. ……
“Instead of presenting works of art in a strictly chronological progression, the exhibition is organized into a series of discrete themes, so that the visitor will have an opportunity to see the connections between paintings of vastly different dates,” said Maxwell K. Hearn, Curator in the Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Asian Art. “Such comparisons demonstrate how later artists might draw upon earlier pictorial expressions to find their own voice. In Room 3, for example, the theme of Returning to Nature through a Reclusive Life juxtaposes a painting created by Yu Peng (b. 1955) in 1996 with a group of the 14th-century landscapes. By studying them carefully, the viewer can see that Yu Peng clearly found those old masters’ brush idiom and reclusive mindset inspiring,” he continued.
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An interesting aspect of how Chinese art encourages journeys through time will also be featured in the exhibition. Many scrolls bear extraordinary arrays of early colophons, which allow the viewer to trace the work of art’s journey through the hands of many connoisseurs and collectors. They also offer later viewers a chance to journey back in time to share in the viewing experience of some of China’s most discerning critics and famous artists – Ni Zan (1306-1374) and Dong Qichang (1555-1636), to mention just two.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum will offer gallery talks. The exhibition is organized by Maxwell K. Hearn.
Metropolitan Museum’s press release February 9, 2007