Drawing The Return From The Contemporary Western Art Exhibitions

In order to find out the latest trend of western contemporary art and explore the law of development of art, the author observes and studies the historical period of western painting — its declines and returns in the later half of the 20th century, and expounds the manifestations and reasons of western painting's return at the beginning of the 21st century.Starting with Art News magazine, the author researches recent western contemporary art exhibitions and uses statistics to prove the fact of western painting's return. Furthermore, through narrating the manifestations of the return of western painting, the author adopts the method of sociology to analyze the causes of the phenomenon.Based on the survey of painting exhibitions, artists, collectors and other aspects in the western art circle, the author comes to the conclusion that the trend of painting's return is becoming increasingly obvious. There has been consensus in the western art circle on the fact of painting's return. The western media has also given great attention to the phenomenon. The basic skills, techniques and traditions of painting have been attached importance again. The artistic value of painting has once more been recognized by artists. The painting's return in recent years is not a simple repetition of the academic tradition. It's a return on the high level, embodying an unprecedented diversity of forms, skills, materials and styles. The study on the phenomenon of western painting's return will provide a reference for the Chinese art critic circle to recognize the trend of western contemporary art and help Chinese painters to realize the contemporary value and significance of painting so that they can firm their confidence in their creation and explore new boundaries of painting.