Study On Abstract Art In Shanghai

Shanghai is the earliest Chinese city who accepted modern western art, abstract art language didn't being rejected so much here, and it undoubtedly possesses historic significance. The development of abstract art in Shanghai is related to Shanghai's specific geographic location, urban culture, thinking mode and flavor of life:history of leased territory made it tolerating western culture rather than sticking to Chinese tradition; economic prosperity and metropolitan life formed fine and delicate life habits, sensitivity to details and comprehension to art have been reserved unconsciously; the open social form, psychology and the convenience in international communication are the premises for abstract art developing in Shanghai.Chinese abstract art can be born and being developed continuously in Shanghai, it is the results of rationality and possibility of culture. During the 1920s and 1930s, modern art movement emerged in Shanghai, abstract art was in the rudimentary stage, from the later period of the Cultural Revolution to the approaching of the 21st century, the biggest challenges for artists in Shanghai are the experiment for modern painting and the practice for abstract art language. These artists found resolutions and their own artistic language from complicated and chaotic state, they persisted in by conviction and the artists'insight, became the implied key points to connect art history, and formed an important component in Chinese art history. Shanghai has already established its position as Abstract Art's Capital, formed specific regional cultural landscape, abstract painting has already being a representative symbol for contemporary visual culture in Shanghai, and it attracted attention.The first chapter of the dissertation expounds the development of abstract art, and re-examines artistic languages; the second chapter retraces the origin of modern art development in Shanghai, the course of artistic language transformation, and organizes contemporary development courses of abstract art in Shanghai; the third chapter explores the reasons for abstract art in Shanghai, the specific regional cultural phenomenon to emerge and to develop endlessly; the fourth chapter analyses the characteristics of abstract art languages in Shanghai, and generalizes the modes for its oriental artistic thinking to convert modernly; the fifth chapter points out the problems to be faced in the course of abstract art's development in Shanghai, and prospects its future development trend; the last chapter further explains abstract art in Shanghai's position and significance in the course of contemporary art development in China.The dissertation mainly adopts interdisciplinary studying method that combines fine arts and linguistics studies, from the born and converting structure of language in social culture and historic background, the relationship between language and context, and idea expression of language, to explore the reasons for abstract art in Shanghai to emerge and to develop endlessly, it analyses the characteristics of abstract art languages in Shanghai, then it delineates abstract art in Shanghai, the specific regional cultural landscape, points out the problems to be faced in the course of abstract art's development in Shanghai, and prospects its future development, further explains its position and significance in the course of contemporary art development in China, and tries to create a method of artistic languages research through studying abstract art in Shanghai.