〈山天大畜系列之一〉於劉鳴煒學術樓3樓展示。
“Mountain Heaven Creatures” series No.1 is exhibited on 3rd floor of Lau Ming Wai Academic Building.
上古神話的天地序列和佛陀開創的大千世界中，僅有文字描述的神奇異獸，歷代中國藝術家都繪畫過，使人明白道德倫理和佛經要義。同樣地，傳統中國雕塑刻畫精神世界，威嚴莊重。藝術家將神話化為平面繪畫，再由繪畫化為巨型立體異獸，用當今科技表現古代話語。
Throughout history, Chinese artists have depicted the imaginary beasts that appear in the order of heaven and earth from ancient myths and in a world that was created by the Buddha. These artists helped their society understand the moral teachings and core values of Buddhism in a figurative form. Similarly, Chinese sculpture originated in the desire to depict the spiritual world in a solemn and majestic manner. The artists initially translated the myths into two-dimensional paintings, and then into three-dimensional life-size beasts. In this way, emerging technologies helped represent ancient texts.
