On The Contemporary Western Art In China

The westernism in China's contemporary art takes shape during the process of accepting western art, distinguishing as well as connecting with the western art. Viewing from its general characteristic, it is the Chinese contemporary artistic identification with the artistic ideology, art form, artistic value of the west, whose sole reason is that Chinese who undergoes the reform and opening-up finds that they lags behind the west in such aspects as economy, culture, science and technology since "the May Fourth Event". The purpose of this kind of identification is to solve the problems that China faces. The thesis carries on research into China's contemporary art from the angle of the culture, basing on such a fact the main achievement of China's contemporary art has been embodied in the criticism of the former culture, rather than exploration on the artistic new one of itself normal, new normal form, new style design, new thinking of form have since 1978 .So, admitting the western artistic value in order to solve the problems that China faces is the essential characteristic of the westernism of China's contemporary artistic in fact; Certainly, the westernism of China has its own developing logic too, it will become a part of the Chinese culture through legalizing and getting unconscious at last.