On The "Ethereal" Artistic Conception In Antoni Tapies’ Paintings

Antoni Tapies is the most influential painter in Spain in the 20 th century,and is listed as a "non formalist" artist by the critic Michel Dabie.Since the last century,the mainstream art in Spain has been modernist art characterized by "anti-logic and anti-narrative".However,Tapies’ s painting took a different approach,winning wide attention on the international art stage with the "ethereal" artistic conception in which oriental aesthetics and western forms are highly integrated.It is not only related to Chinese literati painting in terms of artistic language and spiritual expression,but also has a profound impact on contemporary painting and installation art.Generally speaking,the so-called "ethereal" artistic conception means that the picture presents a mysterious atmosphere of emptiness and quiet.The study of the "ethereal" artistic conception in Antony Tapies’ paintings in this paper is to create the atmosphere of this picture by analyzing the artistic form of his paintings.And on this basis,the internal factors that constitute this kind of picture atmosphere are dug out.From the perspective of the causes of the "ethereal" artistic conception in Tapies’ paintings,on the one hand,it comes from the artist’s imagination of the oriental culture and the influence of the oriental Zen on his aesthetic outlook;On the other hand,it originates from the enlightenment of surrealist painting on its expression method and the influence of oriental aesthetic connotation on its aesthetic style.From the perspective of formal language,Tapies realized the spatialization of the "ethereal" artistic conception of the picture through the layout of "blank" and scattered perspective similar to that of Chinese literati painting;The use of incomplete and fuzzy image shaping and abstract symbols in the picture creates a profound and unpredictable artistic conception of the work;Through the hazy gray and mysterious black tone,the eternal image is constructed;By virtue of the changes in the material and spatial relationship of the picture,it is unpredictable and vaguely provides a huge reverie space for the viewer.It is both exploratory and creative.From the perspective of aesthetic methods,The perspective of Tapies’ "ethereal" artistic conception is presented through the way of seeing the strange in the ordinary and seeing the big from the small;The formal beauty is presented through the combination of western painting noumenon and oriental aesthetic meaning;Mysterious beauty is presented through the combination of everyday things and strange words;The beauty of artistic conception is presented through the combination of intuitive vision and eternal spirit.From the perspective of cultural transcendence,the "ethereal" artistic conception in Tapies’ paintings seeks to define and transcend its own cultural context based on the artist’s cultural value demand for oriental culture.On the other hand,as an example of cross-cultural art practice,Tapies’ exploration of the "ethereal" artistic conception enables us to see the attitude of western artists towards the eastern culture,as well as a set of ways that western culture constructs the other culture.The purpose of the construction is that the artist,based on his own cross-cultural artistic practice,completes the thinking of the internal "crux" of western culture,and realizes his long-cherished wish to transcend his own cultural context.