拓境前行 展呈时代——全国美展与新中国70年美术创作的路向建构

Forge Ahead and Represent the Era:National Art Exhibitions and the Constructed Orientation in Chinese Art Practice Over the Past 70 Years After the Establishment of New China

作为新中国美术创作的最高展示平台、持续举办时间最长的国家级文化艺术活动之一,全国美展历来受到文化艺术界的高度关注。本文通过梳理新中国成立70年来历届全国美术作品展览的历史文脉,总结其特点、现象与问题,以回溯、解析全国美展筚路蓝缕的发展历程为契机,提出汇聚时代佳作、总结艺术本体规律、推陈出新与选才育人,及拓展“大美术”学科疆域范畴,是历届全国美展对于新中国美术发展所起到的文化导向与建构作用。同时也从美展所反映出的当前美术界现象,在中国美术创作与生态机制层面提出了一些亟待解决的问题。

As one of the highest display platforms for new Chinese art creation and one of the longest-running national-level cultural and artistic activities,the National Exhibition of Fine Arts has always been the central topic of the cultural and art circles.By probing into the historical context and development of the national art exhibitions in the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China,this paper summarized its characteristics,phenomena and problems,and proposed that the cultural orientation and construction role played by the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for the development of new Chinese art lies in bringing together the masterpieces of the era,summing up the laws of the art,introducing new ideas,selecting talents and expanding of the scope of the"Great Art"discipline.Meanwhile,issues that need to be solved were also raised in the level of Chinese art creation and ecological mechanism to address what reflected in the exhibitions.