There are group of painters in china , had taken their dream canvas of the country, duty-bound to embark on a “gold-plated” tour. After a baptism, now they are with different “Western” to return to the motherland, or “celebration” or “defeat.” They are the “returnees” in the ranks of special groups, returned to their “journey” is even more curious. They are abroad how the cause of the road, why has it returned to China? To this end, the reporters in the Apple community has become a neighbor of the United States painter Chen, Shang and Gao Ding Shaohua, and inventive artists of Japan, Zhang Xiaodong, listen to their answer.
After entering the new century, including the visual arts including oil painting faces new environment – on the one hand, high-tech technology and the popularity of digital imaging, into our “image flooding” of the times, life-like images at your fingertips; On the other hand, Drawing on the traditional concept of national reunification, constraints and reducing the teaching of Chinese oil painting in painting and painting value and status. However, practice in the arts, oil painting is still considered a teaching and mastering the process of painting techniques and the basic means necessary, most artists are still painting and artistic creation as an integral part. It is obvious that today’s “Painting” is not the past, “Sketches”, either outside or indoor painting light painting, whether it is inherited Hao, Huang Quan of the painting, or the study of painting impressionist painter, painting purpose, significance and specific methods have undergone profound transformation……
Chinese oil paintings in the new century, the first face today is the prominent problems brought about by globalization and cultural convergence trend. As a result of the powerful countries in the material and spiritual and cultural products of Western culture caused extensive expansion across the globe, making the country vulnerable after a long history of practice in the formation of culture and cultural patterns and digestion by the exclusion, character and spirit of the pursuit of cultural erosion and assimilation , culture and vitality of living space is gradually lost. At present countries people are from this culture have been created by the convergence of trends has been a single culture is a worldwide cultural crisis, because in the process of economic globalization, the need for regional balance of the diverse culture of human diversity spiritual needs. Maintain and develop regional culture in the era of globalization is important.
Specific to the Chinese oil paintings from the original that is, the West, the school in the West rather than the art of native species, how to face the new situation? How to establish their own art direction? This can not fail to note the two is not new, but in the new situation has highlighted the relevance and role of academic issues, and that is painting the “national character” and “modern” problems.
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