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Understanding Contemporary China, The Spirit Of "the New Cartoon Generation" Oil Paintings

Posted on:2012-03-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155330332492240Subject:Fine Arts
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Nowadays, as the globalization of information, our lives are full of things that are full of trendy language, shocking art works and astonishing incidents. We find that almost everything has changed into something that is beyond our imagination. There are many diverse elements in people's lives. Some of them are ever-changing; some of them are whimsical; some of them are colorful. Living in a world like this, we are sometimes excited, sometimes at loss. Being in such a world, art could not avoid being influenced by the new culture. Some young artists have created a new kind of artistic phenomenon which integrates Chinese culture and western culture into one. One of the reasons that caused this phenomenon is that many young artists find it difficult for them to present their feelings and lives now by using traditional artistic ways. The traditional subject matters are not attracting any more. It is difficult to grasp the attention of young people, let alone show the feelings of young people. Young artists are now craving for the real art that belongs to them and could represent their own experience and spirit. Being in an artistic world that is filled with pop culture and vanguard, young people now believe that only "cartoon", a kind of painting form which they have been obsessed with for long, could deliver their inner world and their feelings toward the world. Consequently, the "cartoon generation" came into being.Like pop art, trendy words such as "cartoon", "cartoon generation", and "new cartoon generation" offers people totally fresh feelings. In 1990s, "cartoon generation" firstly emerged in the southeastern part of China and was welcome by post-70s. Soon afterwards, more and more oil painting cartoons are shown in the art market of China. Now that the art works of post-70s have blossomed and met with success. There are already many thesis and essays researching on them and their contributions toward the art world have already been recognized by artistic insider. Thus, the phrase "cartoon generation" today has rushed its way into China's art circle. However, there are specialties on post-80s that post-70s do not have. Though both post-70s and post-80s are members of the "cartoon generation", their understanding toward cartoon culture and their growing background are different. Therefore, we could see a differentiation between the "new cartoon generation" and the "old cartoon generation". The task of "new cartoon generation" is to pass down and develop the culture of "cartoon generation". The "cartoon generation" of the art world is not a foppish generation. They are shouldering the duty of the world and dominate their own lives; they constantly brushing their spirit of self-perfecting; they are longing for the acceptance and encouragement; they are concerning more about humanism while at the same time showing their uniqueness.This paper analyzes China's current professional status of university art and design point of view, combined with contemporary popular salient features of popular culture, art and design classes for the colleges and universities of professional education and teaching to find an appropriate entry point. Or also, since we have seen the mass pop culture art and design colleges and universities in our current teaching system of academic disciplines have had some impact, then the positive impact that we priority to solve the problem, since the mass popular culture can become a hit, then he can be mass popular culture as the object of our study, while the study of mass popular culture can also make our art and design education system more complete, should the mass popular culture from the system with the Academy to find an appropriate between the The balance point, you can play the trend of Arts and College of the teaching system of their own advantages, and thus solve the art and design with the market demand and social needs of the arts design talent bottleneck for today's art and design education and innovation play a key role in, so that college teaching model can be rapid and effective integration in the social needs, in order to address the students and college teaching system arising from the mismatch between the problems.
Keywords/Search Tags:cartoon, new cartoon generation, post-70s, post-80s, oil painting cartoons, spirituality
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