| As an important category of Chinese traditional aesthetics,artistic conception has been consciously pursued by many artists in China since ancient times.The study of artistic conception,an aesthetic category,can help us better understand and absorb the essence of Chinese traditional aesthetics,and also help us to create,appreciate and criticize art in the aesthetic field of artistic conception.Mr.Zong Baihua once called artistic conception as "the center of artistic creation" of ancient Chinese painters and poets,especially in painting creation.Chinese painting art creation is represented by ink paintings with images and artistic conception,and its performance characteristics conform to the aesthetic ideal of paying attention to artistic conception in Chinese painting.This aesthetic ideal with artistic conception has also been reflected in the contemporary ink figure paintings since the founding of New China.The purpose of this paper is to study the aesthetic category of artistic conception embodied in the contemporary ink figure painting creation since the founding of New China,by explaining and combing the concept and development of artistic conception from all levels,and defining the concept of contemporary ink figure painting,the theme and direction of this study are clarified.The artistic conception created by contemporary artists should show the artistic conception of human life activities and mental outlook in the present era.Contemporary ink figure painting presents diversified,multi-angle and multi-level presentation styles in the expression of artistic conception.Through deep and comprehensive exploration and appreciation of contemporary ink figure painters and their works,this paper mainly analyzes the expression of artistic conception from the aspects of diversified themes,personalized expression language and aesthetic emotional connotation in the creation of contemporary ink figure painting,with the appreciation of specific cases as the main demonstration method.Therefore,we can feel the artistic conception aesthetic connotation of contemporary living reality and psychological truth reflected in the works,and highlight the idea that artistic conception is also regarded as "the center of artistic creation" in contemporary ink figure painting creation.The concept of artistic conception has an important influence on personal creative practice,and plays an important role in the perspective of personal creative practice,painting language and emotional sustenance.I attach importance to the combination of the picture form and the concept of artistic conception in the creation of ink figures,and deeply understand the formal language and ideas with artistic conception embodied in the creation of contemporary ink figure painters.Combining contemporary social context with subjective emotion,paying attention to the living conditions and humanistic feelings in the realistic context,and expressing mood change in the current social situation in the form of ink figure creation is an important perspective orientation of creation.The artistic outlook of "environment" has a profound understanding and thinking. |