Review And Analysis On The National Art Exhibition During The Seventeen Years Of New China

From discussing“the National Art Exhibition during the seventeen years of New China”, the thesis gets into the art history of New China, and means to explain its history status and special value in the Chinese art history. The period of seventeen years is a ground-breaking period in the development of art of New China. During this period, Mao Zedong’s thought on literature and art was established as the guiding ideology within artistic creation; socialist art system was constructed; the policy of“serving the people and socialism”has been fully implemented. At this background, the“National Art Exhibition”was born, and developed a whole set of strict organization, selection and display modes. Having lead and carried out the creative thoughts, skills and language forms of“socialist realism”by the effective art institutions and exhibition mechanisms of the“National Art Exhibition”, the whole face of art creation of New China was effectively handled, and the construction of art education and system of art theory were also guided. It devoted to establishment of the whole appearance of new Chinese art, and also had a profound impact for the following mainstream art form of China.