The Power Of Performance - The Body And The Scene In The Painting

Expressionism became popular in the west such as Switzerland, France, Austria and Germany in20th century. And Germany is the heaven of the Expressionism. For instance, the most representative artist clubs of Drucke, Die and Blaue Retier,der. The second war is a division between the Expressionism and the Neo-expressionism. The Expressionism focuses on the direct expression of individual’s feeling. However, suffering the destructive pain of the war, artists of the Neo-expressionism, who are shouldered the duty of the revive of the culture and the raise of the nation take the war as their painting theme and try to rethink and explore humanity and the history. Neo-expressionism is a succession and development of the Expressionism. Nowadays, Neo-expressionism of Germany has become a branch of the international paintings.This thesis deals with the research of the Expressionism. It is on a structure of my own paintings. Part one makes a general introduction of the Expressionism. Part two deals with the origination of my idea on the display of my paintings which are inspired by the Expressionism. Part three is the main part of this thesis. It makes an analysis of my paintings on the basic of my own experience and the study of the Expressionism. Part four is a transition. It makes an analysis of my work Posture. The final part makes a conclusion of my painting structure:influenced by the Neo-expressionism of Germany, and absorbing the essence of Chinese Freehand Brushworks, my painting style is expressive and of strong personality. My paintings can be divided into some periods: The Destruction of the Fire which is an embodiment of the loneness and deserted feeling represents the sorrow after the end of life. The Head is a picture reflecting the anxious and sad feeling. It embodies the tough struggle of individuals under the stress between the great and the sorrow. The Posture is a picture of twisty bodies representing the excited and helpless struggle against the destiny, the pain and the destruction. The Paper Collection expresses the three main themes. Every part is an independent system. It works out a complex effect by painting repeatedly. However, the final effect works out a simple but complete picture. Generally, my painting style is non-thematic, impulsive, direct, continuous and intuitive. My painting results into an open and possible effect by using the skill direct expression.