The Spirit Of Realism In Liu Xiaodong's Paintings

Liu Xiaodong is an important figure in contemporary painting of China, his work is representative of Chinese contemporary art. While Chinese society in a period of transition, by means of unique perspective, Liu Xiaodong was the first for overall mental state and the real situation of his generation made an accurate described, and laid him in the "New Generation" group as a representative the status of the artist. At first, this paper represent the concept of contemporary art, realism, and realism; Secondly, arrange the development and changes of realism paintings in China; Finally, the article begin with the art background of Liu Xiaodong, and his selective inheritance and departure to the principles of traditional realism to discuss of the personalized features Liu Xiaodong's paintings. In this part the writer start from three aspects to represent: the first, to pay attention to real life from horizontally views; the second, be sensitive about the changing of the human when times change; the third, job to be authentic - to choice and persist the realist style.