My hiep, Member of the National Committee of China chairman Liu Dawei recently 2011 national during the two sessions, talk about the artistic work of a thematic view. Liu Dawei said:
current, many artists have felt lack of connotation of art work, hope to authoring several influential and thoughtful content of major works, in all sorts of people in major art exhibition activities see the weight, meaning lack of thematic work. In recent years, organizations of the Ministry's creation of 20th century major historical themes, it is the response to this phenomenon. In this era of great change, open, forward, social topics calling for artists to create more and better works.
from a professional perspective, creation of major themes put very high demands on the artist, the artist must systems understand the historical background of the times, has the creative needs of appropriate comprehensive literacy, including technique, style, composition, rhythm of picture composition, mix, ability to grasp. It should be said that themes of the major themes of creation is not a stranglehold on the artist's hands and feet but greatly enriched, exercise and improve the artist's comprehensive cultivation, tests of the artist integrated literacy. Of course, we cannot expect each artist to paint subjects of significant subject matter. Some people like to draw some sense in the form of essays, small works, this is very good. But cannot be said to have a theme of a stranglehold on the artist's creation. Many handed down in the history of world art has distinctive thematic, such as Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling painting of the Genesis, Davitt, Michael the Napoleon I and the Queen's coronation ceremony, v.Eugene Delacroix of the statue of liberty guiding the people, and the founding ceremony of the Dong Xiwen, CAI Liang yan of the torch and so on, still have an exciting force. Wherever there are bound to artists?
after artists in a clear theme, can be more effective and better targeted collection of information, in-depth experience life through this process have been identified, the artist be willing theme all input, guiding their thinking, inspire. Famous Italy Florence the Medici family for award and promote cultural policy, many of the works of outstanding artists such as Michelangelo are thematic set pieces of the family, but this does not affect the artistry of these outstanding artists. Of course not all of the people to engage in theme creation, cannot simply say that the theme has no impact on creation. Critical needs of the artists on the theme of passion, prepared on the artistic creation, and has considerable artistic skill, so it can still work. But some of the artists unwilling to emphasize thematic, not reluctantly.
