Wang Yingsheng Paintings: Chinese Art Circle · 60th Generation

Author: Wang Yingsheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Painters born in the 1960s can be considered both unlucky and fortunate. In their era, the art world was gradually turbulent, academic values declined, and cultural respect was at its lowest. As a result, their early education was inherently inadequate. However, when they entered art academies with their personal talents in the 1980s, art education underwent standardized development, and painting studies flourished and revitalized. They thus received comprehensive nourishment both inside and outside the academies, accumulating more artistic skills than their predecessors. During the 1990s and beyond the turn of the century, cultural openness prevailed, bridging the gap between modern and traditional, ancient methods and new thoughts. The practical conditions for artistic creation reached historicaloptimal levels, allowing them to seize the opportunity and fully unleash their talents, gradually reaching new heights in art. For this reason, from their artistic journey, we can see both the efforts of "painters who seek the heavenly melody through human craftsmanship" and the ideals of "painters who ride alongside the winds and clouds." The "Chinese Painting World · 60s Generation" series of books selects topics based on the birth years of the painters and focuses on the outstanding figures of the same generation, all edited by the renowned art historian and theorist Mr. Fan Di'an.