Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change
Chinese Contemporary Art and Social Change
中国当代艺术与社会变革
The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years, but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy, it changes and grows so fast, especially during 2003 to 2008, that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years, the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing, the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the recent 5 years from politics, economy, public engagement, artist career prospect of view.
中国当代艺术的历史仅仅有30年，却经历了西方现代艺术史上几乎所有的流派。和中国的经济形势一样，当代艺术的蓬勃发展（尤其是2003年到2008年繁荣的市场）吸引了全世界的目光。在过去的3到5年中整个中国当代艺术的环境一直在发生变化，新的趋势已经显露。这篇文章将从政治、经济、公共关系和艺术家的职业发展的角度阐释这些变化。
Art and Political environment
艺术与政治环境
Before the 80’s, Chinese art mainly served the communist party. From the beginning of 80’s, China opened the market to the world, the western culture and art came to the country. Though the government controlled the import of culture products, it can not stop people’s desire of knowing the outside world. Contemporary art were created to mainly express the claim of freedom, many of them even protest the political situation. Artists copied, imitated the popular western art movement and artists group, for example, in Guangzhou city, there was an art group called Dada. However, after a short period of pure imitation, of course copy is always a common behavior exist in the much lower market, serious artists began to think what they want to express and how they address it. Instead of using western philosophy as their weapon, they began to use personal experience as a Chinese citizen living in China to build their position in the Chinese contemporary art history. During 90s ' to 2008, popular styles are "cynical realism", represent artists are Lijun Fang and Minjun Yue. and "Scar art", Xiaogang Zhang is the No. one artist under this title. Then Guanyi Wang, whose art are called
中国当代艺术与社会变革
The Chinese contemporary art history is only 30 years, but it has gone through almost all the genres of western art history.Like the Chinese economy, it changes and grows so fast, especially during 2003 to 2008, that it attracted the global attention.The latest 5 years, the whole environment of Chinese contemporary art has been changing, the new trend has emerged.This article will explain the change of Chinese contemporary art in the recent 5 years from politics, economy, public engagement, artist career prospect of view.
中国当代艺术的历史仅仅有30年，却经历了西方现代艺术史上几乎所有的流派。和中国的经济形势一样，当代艺术的蓬勃发展（尤其是2003年到2008年繁荣的市场）吸引了全世界的目光。在过去的3到5年中整个中国当代艺术的环境一直在发生变化，新的趋势已经显露。这篇文章将从政治、经济、公共关系和艺术家的职业发展的角度阐释这些变化。
Art and Political environment
艺术与政治环境
Before the 80’s, Chinese art mainly served the communist party. From the beginning of 80’s, China opened the market to the world, the western culture and art came to the country. Though the government controlled the import of culture products, it can not stop people’s desire of knowing the outside world. Contemporary art were created to mainly express the claim of freedom, many of them even protest the political situation. Artists copied, imitated the popular western art movement and artists group, for example, in Guangzhou city, there was an art group called Dada. However, after a short period of pure imitation, of course copy is always a common behavior exist in the much lower market, serious artists began to think what they want to express and how they address it. Instead of using western philosophy as their weapon, they began to use personal experience as a Chinese citizen living in China to build their position in the Chinese contemporary art history. During 90s ' to 2008, popular styles are "cynical realism", represent artists are Lijun Fang and Minjun Yue. and "Scar art", Xiaogang Zhang is the No. one artist under this title. Then Guanyi Wang, whose art are called