罗曼蒂克的终结:两种艺术区的社会变迁

The End of the Romantic: the Social Changes of Two Art Districts

从798和宋庄艺术区的案例对比中,分析中国大陆地区以当代艺术为特色的两种艺术区的社会生命周期,并解析艺术区在大都市城市化过程中的作用,说明艺术区存在的必要性和意义。艺术区终结不过是正常的发展规律,而当代艺术本身的发展并不会因此受到影响,终结的只是人们对于艺术区罗曼蒂克式的幻想。

With a comparative analysis,this essay studies the social life cycles of 798 Art District and Songzhuang Artist Village that are characterized with contemporary arts in China's Mainland to interpret what functions art districts play in the urbanization of the metropolis and to illustrate the necessity and significance of their existences.The end of art districts is just the normal law of development which merely ends people’s romantic illusion about art districts while the development of the contemporary art itself will not be affected.