Discuss The Realistic Features Of Liu Xiaodong’s Oil Painting

Liu Xiaodong was born in Liaoning province in1963. His oil painting occupies animportant position in the contemporary art of China. He selects life of the subject mainly tothe performance of the common people. He tends to depict trifles in normal life of people,and record the people’s life by telling "meaningless stories". He attempts to reveal thecontemporary social issues and cultural phenomenon in his angle by virtue of his freedom,skilled, experienced and big-hearted style of painting. Liu Xiaodong has gone throughover thirty years in the way of painting. His wealth of experience makes his paintinglanguage more pure, thinking more deeply, more lofty conception. His painting fulfilledwith charm of contemporary realism art.In this paper, Liu Xiaodong’s oil paintings reflect the realistic tendency, which lead toan analysis and combing of realism. Meanwhile, Liu Xiaodong’s growing environment,education experience, style causes, early and mature creation are discussed in this paper, aswell as contemporary art market status, in order to reveal the realistic features andcontemporary significance of his oil paintings.