On Photography "special Effect" Of Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting

Shortly after the invention of photography in the west, Hippolyte Paul Delaroche issued a prophecy: "From today, painting is dead." The famous photographic critic Walter Benjamin saw photography as a threat to painting, while much more researchers at home and abroad studying the impact of photography on painting from the angle of social culture and psychology. Domestic senior critic Yiying published an article titled "Public Image and Art" in "Modern Art" in 2001, which is about the impact of public image such as photography, advertising and television on art. With its new and fresh perspective, many people started to study this area these years. All kinds of painting forms have appeared one after another since the '85 New Wave, the Chinese contemporary art showing a pluralistic outlook and experiencing a very active phase of developing history. This article will compare photographic "special effects" with specific oil paintings to visually explore the multidimensional impact and penetration of photography on paintings of contemporary art, such as its guiding impacts on painting's themes, concepts and forms.