Chinese Modern Art Since The 1980s

As a kind of artistic trend,Chinese modern art broke the aesthetic standard of traditional art.As most modern art works are obscurely difficult to understand on direct-viewing,how to regard the modern art correctly and form what point of view to appreciate modern art become a matter worth paying attention to.Obviously,it is invalid to evaluate and appreciate modern art with the aesthetic standard of traditional art,that is whether the works are vivid.Instead,it is necessary to combine with the time,society and people's subjective ideological trend and so on to see through the appearance to perceive the essence.This article elaborates the Chinese modern art developing process and the characteristic beginning with the background of the appearance of Chinese modern art and makes people have a correct and scientific understanding of Chinese modern art.Modern art originated in the west so it has about a hundred years of history in the west.Western modern art is the flagship of modern art either in drawing materials or in drawing spirits.Chinese modern art is continuously influenced by the western modern art theories.So it is necessary to realize that the development of Chinese modern art is not an isolated process if you want to know Chinese modern art deeply and thoroughly.It is necessary for Chinese modern art to learn and borrow ideas from western modern art;besides it has its own intrinsic factor and characteristic.Chinese modern art has broken through in technique of expression,drawing materials,drawing themes and other aspects which broadens the drawing domain and forms its own special artistic expressive force.But at the same time,as a new thing Chinese modern art has some kinds of shortcomings.So we must evaluate Chinese modern art dialectically and know both its advantages and disadvantages.Chinese modern art has multitudinous factions and different kinds of expression means,but it is still not the mainstream art in our country. Chinese traditional art-ink and wash painting which has thousands of years of history in our country is a part of the essence of Chinese traditional culture.The struggle between the two hasn't stopped since their birth. It is a problem worth meditative that how Chinese modern art will develop. In view of the present situation of the modern art which develops in our country,the author propositions that traditional artists should treat modern art with developmental views,select the essence,discard the dross, achieve mastery through a comprehensive study of it,and study for the purpose of application,that modern artists should treat traditional art with relational views and carry on it critically.So it is necessary to establish art democratic system,advocate the artistic multiplication, combine modern art with traditional art organically,and build a bridge which lets a hundred flowers bloom-free development of different forms and styles in art.