How traditional culture is embodied in contemporary art

Restatement has become an artistic experience or methodology. In fact, the return of contemporary art to tradition has become a development trend to some extent. In China, we can see many contemporary artists exploring and transforming traditions. Looking at the whole international contemporary art circle, it is also changing quietly and has the trend of returning. According to the development mode of contemporary art since 1970s, the development of contemporary art is becoming more and more difficult, and it is easy to enter the bottleneck of development. We can observe that in recent years, more and more easel paintings have been used in contemporary art forms. Therefore, looking at the world, whether it is the whole international trend of contemporary art development or the small trend of domestic development, in a sense, the two are in tune. At the same time, this practical direction of China's contemporary art will undoubtedly promote the diversification of the whole international contemporary art, and contemporary art will no longer completely follow the excessively single concepts and values dominated by the West. Contemporary artists in China rely on their own local artistic experience to create new styles, and the most direct influence is to enrich the content of contemporary art. "

Express the essence of tradition in a contemporary way.

There are great differences between eastern aesthetics and western aesthetics. There are cultural attributes behind the works of art in the East and the West. It is not only the material level, but also the spiritual level to carry forward the art with oriental aesthetic characteristics and protect the traditional art culture. Xia Jifeng, director of the Honeycomb Center for Contemporary Art, gave an example: "For example, the traditional architecture of the Forbidden City, we are discussing not only the object itself, but also the continuation of the internal culture of the object. There are many excellent things in traditional art. How to apply them to your own creation actually depends on the artist's own cultural literacy. "

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"An artist from China grew up in the reality of China and felt the changes around him all the time. Even in his educational background, the cultivation of aesthetics is closely related to tradition. " Xia Jifeng believes that it is a growing process for artists to absorb nutrients from tradition and re-create. After a period of "tradition", you will become "tradition". "In my opinion, artists like Lin Fengmian and Bing Xu have a clear understanding of their identity, and their artistic creation is related to art history. The background of growth education has a subtle influence on their creation, and their artistic expression is unconscious. Their expression does not stop at the traditional clay sculpture level, but takes tradition as a part of nutrition and expresses it in contemporary language. There are also many young artists who may paint in the traditional way. But the intention expressed in the creation is completely different from the tradition. Many young artists are trying something, whether it is ink painting or oil painting. Their works did not break away from tradition, but continued the essence of tradition and showed it in a contemporary way. The emotions and characteristics of each era are different. "