Origin of Chinese folk art long, have a distinct national spirit and local characteristics, unique model, diversity, cultural implications profound, aesthetic concepts simple, accumulation of cultural connotation of the 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, is a brilliant national culture and arts in China one of the most important component.
over the years, on the concept, creation, and skills, profoundly affect Chinese painters of Western contemporary art creation, on the one hand for contemporary painting of China to build a new art form, on the other hand can easily make it lose a judgement in their culture and position. Especially after a large image resources referenced in a foreign country, the face of the contemporary painting will inevitably be influenced by Western painting, and even become a vassal of Western contemporary painting and advocacy. We are embarrassed to discover that some Western oil painting prior standards, out of the local culture's creation of painters there have been signs of exhaustion, poor, meaning skills pale. At the same time, has long been worshipped on Western painting and the creation of these paintings into the lack of native characteristics, to imitate Western paintings for first position, which greatly weakened the position of contemporary Chinese oil painting in the world. Effective way to change this situation is a renewed focus on China's traditional culture, look for the source and inspiration in the creation of traditional Chinese culture, establish the aesthetic standards of the local community, for Chinese contemporary oil painting looking for a more consistent with its law of development of the road. In fact, for the inheritance of Chinese traditional and reference, as early as the beginning of 20th century to &ldquo secondary schools as the body, Western learning for ” raised the slogan, a group of artists after acting on it to carry out the exploration. After the founding of the canvas “ nationalization ” the practical extension of this concept and practice, Dong Xiwen was the founding ceremony of oil painting “ nationalization ” representatives. In addition, some of the older generation of painters have also been various efforts and attempts. However, mining and use of traditional cultural elements are far from expected level of dependence weakened the Western oil painting we should keep the spirit of independence.
after years of thinking and practice of Chinese oil painting, especially the last century in the domestic oil sector at the beginning of this century have set off a controversy over the nationalization of oil painting, was subjected to traditional culture, including folk art of importance. Although on the definition of the nationalization of oil painting, academics of different views, but said that to some extent, on building Chinese oil painting, Chinese oil painting in particular character, find local characteristics of Chinese oil painting, upgrading the cultural level of Chinese oil painting, did play a positive role in promoting, and has become the art theoretical circle of territories and actively face the proposition and reflect on it.
from the perspective of the nationalization of oil painting, for reference and application of traditional culture, has a wide variety of ways and means, and absorption and transformation of folk art is one of them. In recent years, some artists began to consciously find valuable part in the traditional image, looking for drawing elements from the Chinese traditional and folk arts, take advantage of it. This not only to a large extent free from the excessive Westernization of judgment mistakes, while China contemporary oil painting looking for some new image resource.
paper-cut, traditional patterns, batik, woodcut and other folk art form, began to become important elements of the Chinese oil painting, has enriched the contemporary Chinese oil painting language, showed distinct regional characteristics, while part of the Chinese contemporary oil painting style from mainly Western oil painting language before slowly beginning to transition to localization. Changes in this form and the language is painting a phenomenon not to be ignored in today's China, worthy of in-depth research of oil workers.
civil element to appear in the Chinese contemporary oil painting, on the one hand reflects the vitality of folk art powerful; on the other hand also reflected the contemporary Chinese artists in reflection and consciousness under the impact of globalization. In any era of history and art trend, loss of the characteristics of artists and works to become vassals of foreign art and followers, this not only makes the status of national culture in the transformation of the weak, also was loss of national self-confidence by native artists, which is undoubtedly the creation of a lack of activity. Activity and prosperity of contemporary painting in recent years, not only benefited from the vision of artists growing and dynamic creation, thanks to the artists for the respect of national culture and mining.
China civil art, system complete, has strong of Visual penetrating force, and by China traditional philosophy and colour on concept of effect, to simple implicit of moral for main content, advocating color of symbolic and decoration sexual, not only in schema, and color, aspects can for contemporary China oil painting provides reference, its by contains of spirit, and mood, deep of culture connotation more is has distinct of China local culture characteristics, and China contemporary oil painting has strongly of complementary relationship. If we can learn from the traditional folk arts contemporary elements in the schema and resolve it, incorporated form characteristic of contemporary painting, grasp the contemporary people's aesthetic feelings inside, fully for the sustainable development of Chinese contemporary oil painting given new forms and meanings, thus, ultimately, with contemporary ideas and Visual manifestations of tension, has contemporary significance and national characteristics of Chinese oilPainting art. Furthermore, through the exploration of folk art patterns, helps us understand the deeper cultural connotations and can update the contemporary idea of Chinese oil painting, enriching oil painting performance language, show of cultural, social characteristics of contemporary Chinese oil painting. Therefore, should follow the concept of cultural history of contemporary Chinese oil painting subject in further inquiry on the basis of color vision means that, selective borrowed folk color characteristic and aesthetic psychology, revealing the external visual imagery and convey inherent psychological effects of color, color style with local characteristics, cultural psychology and cultural ideas, each table, inclusive a total of.
contemporary oil painting for absorption and application of folk art, there are pros and cons of both conditions. Under the current cultural environment, some artists, especially young artists on the local flavor rich folk art dismissive, considered as conservative and backward. In the current art education in colleges and universities, also traditional culture of neglect and lack of basic education, inheritance and development of the more traditional negative. However, we should also see, on the protection of traditional culture and excavation, has been put on the agenda of the Government, rescue and protection of material and non-material culture has become a national policy of reshaping Chinese culture, to rescue and mining has become an important part of folk art. Painting from the practical point of view, for the use of traditional and folk elements of contemporary painting in concept more tend to show the nation's traditional means; in full traditional techniques and civil artistic, traditional elements had begun among the highlights in the picture.
characterization of specific language in the form of folk art and images is the essence of Chinese traditional cultural heritage for thousands of years, is also a unique national symbol of the Chinese nation, is a valuable source of contemporary Chinese oil painting inexhaustible unlimited. Folk art will be the trend of contemporary Chinese oil painting of nationalization and localization tool. Deep mining and rational use of folk art, will contribute to the genuine sense in contemporary Chinese oil painting “ Western ”, completing the fusion of traditional culture and contemporary oil painting view.
