“当代艺术”畅想——游美考察劄记

A Random Thought of "Contemporary Art"——Notes of an investigation in America

在美国考查当代艺术的实情及对美国生活的切身体验 ,认识到美国当代艺术本来是对美国当代生活的体验的产物。即使如此 ,美国的当代艺术在美国 ,受民众欢迎的程度亦决非我们之想象 ,门庭相当冷落。对美国当代艺术的考察 ,结合生活方式、个人体验与艺术的关系 ,历史发展的非线性现象 ,现代化与民族发展的关系及哲学中的共性与个性关系等多方面予以思考 。

A fter an investigation of actual conditions of contemporary art in America and personal experience of American life,I realize that American contemporary art itself is a product of experience of American contemporary life.But even it is so.The extent to which the American public receives the American contemporary art is far beyond our imagination.It is like a seldom visited courtyard.Through the investigation of the American contemporary art,thoughts are given to the various aspects combined with the rela...