The Pattern Significance Of The Modern Painting

The means of artistic expression had already gone beyond the boundaries and constraints ofthe canvas. Realism on longer played the major role in painting. The same is true that the modernpainting language and expressing had already moved away from figurative performance. This isnot only a transformation, but also a return to Reality. All the abstract painting elements likeform, flat, color, contrast composed complicated and changeable patterns. Abstract design andpattern afford the artists with endless imagination and creative ability.“Mr. DOB" with his fangs exposed, painted by Murakami Takashi,"The Psychedelic Dots”painted by Yayoi Kusama while his spirit was under a high pressure (or he was depressed), TheLabel of Smile Face painted by Yue Minjun, and The Great Criticism painted by Wang Guangyi,so on...... All these artists and their works have been drawing attention of million people incontemporary art circles. These works with their own unique design and feature have beenpopular in the modern art stage. While we praise the visual pleasure and feel the mind collisionbrought by the patterns, should we ask our self whether we really understand the meaning oftheir existence? Did these art pieces merely came out at coincidently? Or, is it the result of thecontinuation of the art history and contemporary art development? From the time Lunch on theGrassland by Manet was exhibited in the Unsuccessful Applicants Salon, the impressionismstarted a major reform in the art history. From that time on, the artists’ self consciousness becamethe most important spiritual support of painting. And also at the same time, paintingrequirements have changing and moving farther away from the classicism’s strict structure andlight requirements. Artists more and more apply changeable patterns and a perfect combinationof flat pattern and color. Indeed, this is a revelation of Spirituality in Art.