In China, we can see artists like Kandinsky, Mondrian, Malevich, etc. 100 years ago, Pollock, Dekuning, Roskow, etc. 50 years ago, and artists like Minimalism masters and new Abstract expressionism masters who are still active in the art world today. The differences in era and style have been smoothed out during the migration process, leaving behind more rustic things related to art. The reason why Chinese artists adopt an abstract approach is not to highlight novelty in style, but to express more rustically, in order to express individuality and freedom. Western Abstract art, which erases the differences of times and styles, has formed new differences in China due to its combination with the new environment, society, culture and individuals. Unlike Abstract art in Europe and the United States, which is often accompanied by movement, China's new abstract art has developed in the process of continuous opening up of the society. The diversity of Chinese Abstract art is the manifestation of the hybridity of Chinese contemporary society. Unlike various movements with obvious ideological characteristics in the past, China is experiencing a movement without movement. The various forms of abstraction that have emerged in China are witness to this movement without movement.
The Contemporary Meaning of New Abstraction
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