展览时间： 2023年9月26日（周二） - 12月24日（周日） 展览地点： 苏州博物馆本馆忠王府四面厅

中国木雕，博大悠远。及至明清时期，随着市民阶层的崛起，木雕艺术渐入寻常百姓家，成为建筑、家具、室内陈设中必不可少的装饰元素，由此形成众多地方性的木雕流派，苏州红木雕刻即是其中之一。苏州地处水陆要冲，物产富集，人物众多。南洋红木来此销售，香山良匠着手制作，吴中文士参与设计，因而形成以用料考究、雕刻细腻、题材雅致为特征的苏州红木雕刻艺术。

China has a long and profound history of woodcarving in a variety of types. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the rise of citizen stratum, woodcarving has gradually become an essential decorative element in the architecture, furniture and interior furnishings of ordinary people’s homes. Because of this fashion, many local woodcarving schools formed, and Suzhou mahogany carving is one of them. Suzhou, which has been the communication and transportation artery, has special advantages of sea and land products, outstanding handicraftsmen and prosperous commerce. Fine Southeast Asian mahogany used as materials, designed by local literati, and produced by Xiangshan School craftsmen, the art of mahogany carving in Suzhou started to develop, characterised by the use of exquisite materials, delicate carvings, and elegant themes.

苏州红木雕刻自诞生以来便备受世人喜爱，施冬妹女士更是笃爱于此。她生长于苏州灵岩山下的山前村，父亲是香山帮的木匠，各式建筑雕刻在其父亲手中信手拈来；母亲又常带她去灵岩山寺做义工，让幼时的她得见寺中所藏木雕珍品。耳濡目染之间，对于木雕的热爱早已潜至心灵深处。

Suzhou mahogany carving has been a favourite of the world since its inception, and Ms Shi Dongmei is a great lover of it. She grew up in Shanqian Village at the foot of Lingyan Hill in Suzhou, where her father was a carpenter of the Xiangshan School, an architect group enjoying a long history, so all kinds of architectural carvings were readily available in his hands. Her mother often took her to Lingyan Temple to do volunteer work, which allowed her to see the treasures of woodcarving in the temple at a young age. Her love for woodcarving has long been embedded in her heart.

从热爱到创作，源于对本心的追求。于施冬妹而言，木雕是减法的艺术，既需减去木料的冗余，也应减去浮世的功利，惟有以纯粹本心创作，方可成木雕艺术巨作。于是，她从零开始，聘请工匠，精选良材，依由本心，设计创作。她追求极致的完美，制作的家具不合预期就拆开重来，雕刻的纹样如有差错便弃之重做。在这近乎苛刻的要求下，木雕精品层出迭现，家具皆比例协调、线条圆熟，摆件亦构思巧妙、传神生动，更有大型红木雕刻《姑苏繁华图》体量恢弘、森罗万象，一举夺得“山花奖”的桂冠。

Staying true to her passion, Shi started to create her own works. For her, woodcarving is the art of subtraction. Not only the redundancy of wood should be subtracted, the artisan should also abandon chasing fame and fortune. The only way to create a masterpiece of woodcarving is to create it with a pure mind. Therefore, she started from scratch by hiring craftsmen, selecting the best materials, and creating her artwork based on her own principles. Striving for perfection, she will dismantle furniture if it doesn’t meet expectations, and discard works if there is a mistake in the pattern. Under these stringent requirements, her masterpieces appear one after another. The proportions of the furniture are harmonious, the lines are smooth, and the ornaments are made with ingenious conception and dexterous skills. There is even a large-scale mahogany carving named “Suzhou’s Golden Age” with a wide range of details, which won “Shanhua Award”, the highest prize for Chinese folk arts.

《姑苏繁华图》本是清代画家徐扬的名作，怀着对故乡的眷恋，盛世苏州的风物人情在徐扬的笔端定格。时过境迁，同样是因为这份乡情，施冬妹决心以木雕的方式将盛世重现。红木雕刻《姑苏繁华图》耗时十一年之久才终得完成，而一经问世，便倾动世人。其格局之严谨、气势之宏大、景物布局之华美、人物情节之生动，不仅完美诠释了原作的宗旨，也充分展现了手工雕刻无与伦比的审美价值，存续了苏州传统木雕的文化基因。

The painting “Suzhou’s Golden Age” was originally a masterpiece of Xu Yang, a painter in the Qing Dynasty. With the nostalgia for his hometown, the scenery and people of Suzhou’s prosperity were encapsulated in the painting, and because of the same feeling, Shi was determined to recreate Suzhou’s golden age in the form of woodcarving. The mahogany carving “Suzhou's Golden Age” took eleven years to complete, and once it was released, it moved the world. The rigour of its pattern, the magnificent layout of its scenery, and the vividness of its characters, not only perfectly interpreted the original work, but also fully demonstrated the incomparable aesthetic value of hand-carving. It perpetuates the cultural genes of the traditional woodcarvings in Suzhou.

本次展览精选施冬妹女士设计制作的红木雕刻摆件、家具，并与红木雕刻巨作《姑苏繁华图》一起，旨在为观众朋友呈现苏州红木雕刻的无尽魅力，讲述当代创作者的至臻匠心。最后，感谢施冬妹女士慷慨捐赠作品《观音挂屏》，为丰富我馆馆藏作出贡献。

This exhibition is a selection of mahogany carving ornaments and furniture designed and produced by Ms Shi Dongmei. Together with the masterpiece “Suzhou’s Golden Age”, it aims at presenting the charm of Suzhou mahogany carving for the audience, and telling the perfect craftsmanship of contemporary Chinese artisans. Finally, I would like to thank Ms Shi Dongmei for her generous donation of the work “Mahogany Portrait of Guanyin”, which enriches our museum’s collection.

谢晓婷

苏州博物馆馆长

Xie Xiaoting

Director of Suzhou Museum

原文地址：https://www.szmuseum.com/Exhibition/TemporaryDetails/b4bfbbc2-7a0c-4fb5-8a48-d05c933965ef?startYear=2023-09-13