Meditation On The Ostentation Of Life And The Capricious Natures Of The World

As a representative of western contemporary realistic painting, Antonio Lopez Garcia 1936- ) remains for the time being fairly unknown within our country's academic field. By describing his relationship with the western realistic tradition and with Spain's national artistic heritage, and combining this with a comparison to two other contemporary European realistic painters, all the while analyzing his personal artistic traits, this article sets out to provide a general look at all aspects of this painter's art. Furthermore, this article describes how his art relates internally to the framework of contemporary western culture and art.Lopez Garcia's art derives not only from the western painting tradition but also has a very strong temporal character. So this is quite important for us in today's china, as we think about the relationship between artistic traditions and temporal aspects. At the same time, his viewpoint on traditional and modern artistic currents reflects a part of western intellectual thinking on 20^th century trends in art development. It also provides a certain inspiration for us as we face similar questions.Lopez Garcia respects the intrinsic value of painting, insisting on certain permanent facts regarding the pictorial language of the traditional painting style. But Lopez Garcia is unlike many artists of the same generation who so willingly plunge themselves into various models of vanguard trends from which they cannot get out. Secondly, his attitude towards reality reveals in his art a deep concern for human nature and long term care about society and human life. This is the main reason why this artist's work can be considered outstanding within this ostentatious and impetuous cultural atmosphere, and has received such good all round criticism. It is also the key to explain why traditional painting remains of such high value and retains such great vitality in today's 21^th century.