关于中国人“美盲更比文盲多”的学术批评——与吴冠中先生商榷

Academic Criticism on "More People Ignorant of Fine Arts than Illiterates" in China:A Discussion with Mr. Wu Guanzhong

"美盲"是吴冠中先生自造出来的一个词。吴先生断言中国人"美盲更比文盲多"之论不能成立:以不欣赏现代派雕塑家亨利·摩尔的作品作为认定"美盲"的标准是荒谬的;欣赏美是人类的天性,正常人中不存在"美盲";断言中国人"美盲更比文盲多",表明有的中国美术专家不亲近中国的普通艺术欣赏者,中国的美术专家需要确定一种与普通艺术欣赏者的合理关系。

Meimang, 美盲, or 'people ignorant of fine arts,' is a term coined by Mr. Wu Guanzhong. He argues that the people ignorant of fine arts outnumber the illiterates in China. His statement is lame. It is absurd to have, as the standard judging whether one is ignorant of fine arts or not, the fact that one does not appreciate the works of Henry More, modernism painter. The appreciation of beauty is an inborn nature of the human beings. The assertion that there are more people ignorant of fine arts than illiterates in China shows that the Chinese experts of fine arts are not close to the ordinary Chinese appreciators of fine arts. The Chinese experts of fine arts need to establish an appropriate relationship with the ordinary appreciators of arts.