New Concrete Art. Between Reality and the Inner Self

Author: Hang Jian
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: Through an analysis of the term "New Figurative" and a comparison with the corresponding "New Figurative Art" or "New Realism" abroad, the author believes that figurative art remains a direct reflection of reality. It has an inseparable connection with the evolution of realism in China at different periods. It has its own reasons for the transformation of visual art in the 1980s and 1990s of this century, but more importantly, it reflects the inner response of artists with a sense of social responsibility to changes in the world. The author traces the process from exhibitions such as Luo Zhongli's "Realism Exhibition," "New Generation Art Exhibition," and "Returning to Vision – Chinese and Japanese Art College Figurative Expression Painting Exhibition," describing the development of "New Figurative Art" in China.