Acrylic Painting Historical Roots And Its Application In Contemporary Murals And Performance

Acrylic painting is a young member in the family of painting. Although its short history, more and more painters use acrylic painting as an perfect media to express his or her idea. In the field of contemporary wall painting, the use of acrylic media became more popular than before. We benefit from acrylic media very much, but the painters who know this media deeply are really minority. It's almost blank for many of us to understand the rising, development and using history of acrylic painting, not mention its history in China. What's more, many of the recently published books about the technique of acrylic painting are weak in succession and pertinence. The thesis describes systemically in threefold : the origin of acrylic painting, its use and spread in China, the relationship between acrylic painting and national wall painting style. Considering the use of acrylic media in modern painted wall art has been widened very much, the thesis focuses on the questions such as the characteristic of acrylic media and the technique of acrylic wall painting. The other points in this thesis involve several case studies of famous acrylic painters in the world, the future tendency of acrylic painting and the development of acrylic painting and public art as well. Through the research of these questions, this thesis want to argue that due to its advantages in media and importance in painted wall art, acrylic painting will towards a road to be mainstream in modern wall art., its technique will be high regarded and spread too. Following the development of economy construction and public art in city and rural area., we could think acrylic painting will have an exciting future in China.