移民中的儒家美学:马来西亚华人艺术的批判策略与视觉翻译

IF 0.3 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Arts Pub Date : 2025-09-04 DOI:10.3390/arts14050108
Yuanyuan Zhang, Mumtaz Mokhtar
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尽管儒家思想在马来西亚华人社区的文化重要性得到了广泛认可,但人们对当代艺术家在后殖民时代的现实中如何重新诠释和视觉化儒家思想的哲学原理却知之甚少。本研究通过混合方法解决了这一差距,结合了227名美术学生的定量数据,对五位具有代表性的马来西亚华人画家的定性访谈,以及对50件关键艺术品的视觉分析。结果表明,儒家思想的功能不是作为一个固定的教义体系,而是作为一个重要的元框架,允许重新构想核心概念,如仁(仁)和和(和),成为社会批判和文化谈判的工具。这些想法不是通过说教性的方法来表达的,而是通过创新的符号和材料策略来表达的——从断裂的构图到技术实验——导致了植根于共同文化逻辑的各种个人风格。该研究引入了一个“批判性翻译”模型,用于理解散乱背景下传统哲学的现代化,为非殖民化艺术教育和培养全球相关的、文化上真实的艺术实践提供了理论见解和实践途径。
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Confucian Aesthetics in Migration: Critical Strategies and Visual Translation in Malaysian Chinese Art
Despite widespread recognition of Confucianism’s cultural importance among Malaysian Chinese communities, little is known about how its philosophical principles are reinterpreted and visually transformed by contemporary artists navigating postcolonial realities. This research addresses this gap through a mixed-method approach, combining quantitative data from 227 fine arts students, qualitative interviews with five representative Malaysian Chinese painters, and visual analysis of 50 key artworks. The results show that Confucianism functions not as a fixed doctrinal system but as a vital meta-framework that allows for the reimagining of core concepts, such as Ren (Benevolence) and He (Harmony), into tools for social critique and cultural negotiation. These ideas are expressed not through illustrative methods but via innovative symbolic and material strategies—ranging from fractured composition to technical experimentation—leading to a variety of personal styles rooted in a shared cultural logic. The study introduces a “critical translation” model for understanding the modernization of traditional philosophies within diaspora contexts, offering both theoretical insights and practical avenues for decolonizing arts education and fostering globally relevant, culturally authentic artistic practices.
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