A Study Of Marlene Duma’s "Face" Series Of Paintings

In the 1970 s,the development of western painting was in trouble and gradually came to an end.However,under the trend of thought of post-modern art,easel painting shows signs of return,and gradually gives birth to a new painting form--new figurative painting.Marlene Dumas’ s "Face" series of paintings are the result of this trend of artistic development.As an internationally famous female artist,Marlene Dumas takes women,children,black people and other faces as themes.She follows the trend of artistic development,uses media images to innovate painting methods and depict social portraits,and creates a series of works with distinct personalities and profound social significance.Dumas’ s faces represent a certain social group or reflect the attributes of a certain kind of events.They are a simple and instinctive way of expression of the artist,rather than a pretense to amuse the human eyes.Therefore,they have a certain universal meaning and deserve our discussion and research.This paper takes Dumas’ "Face" series of paintings as the research core,and uses literature method,case analysis method,comparative analysis method and other methods to carry out research.Starting from the background of art development,this paper sorts out the development vein of Dumas’ "Face" series painting art,and forms a more comprehensive cognition and accurate positioning of Dumas’ "Face" series works.By using examples,this paper analyzes and summarizes the painting language and artistic connotation of Marlene Dumas’ s "Face" series works.Dumas uses painting language different from traditional art forms to transform the image world and visual media into tangible images.She challenges the traditional aesthetic experience,uses expressive painting language to express the mental state of contemporary people,expresses the artist’s own ideological connotation,and realizes the organic combination of tradition and modernity.His "Faces" series of paintings reveal the essence of human beings,reflect the living state of human beings in contemporary society,express the artist’s thinking on social problems,and show human rights and spiritual appeals,with profound universality and social implications.Dumas broke the erosion of media images on the real experience of human society,and made a strong counterattack against the marginalization of easel painting with his own successful cases.He thought about social problems and responded to the complex psychology of people at present,which has profound theoretical significance and practical reference significance for the development of contemporary painting.Contemporary artists should look at the development and future of art from the perspective of social and historical development.Through the works to show the concern for society,to show the appeal of The Times and spiritual core,to achieve the social value of art.We should give full play to the positive role of art and make it an important means of promoting social progress.