Changing Motivations of Chinese Contemporary Art Since the Mid 1990s

ABSTRACT

This essay explores changing perceptions of the value of Chinese contemporary art within China since the mid-1990s. It argues that since the mid-1990s, Chinese contemporary art has lost the status it held as a relatively independent focus for cultural and social criticism during the 1980s and early 1990s. It also argues for a reinstatement of traditional Chinese scholarly values that allow for service to the nation alongside independent resistance to authority.

摘要

本篇文章探讨了自90年代中期后，中国对中国当代艺术的价值认知的转 变。本文认为中国当代艺术自90年代中期后即丧失了它在80到九90年代早 期的那种相对独立的、对文化及社会的批判性地位；同时，本文也为了恢复 中国传统儒家价值进行了辩护，并相信儒家价值能在为国家所用的同时，也 能维持它对抗权威的独立性。

KEYWORDS:

• Yi Pai
• Humanism
• spiritual modernity
• independence
• transcendence

关键词:

• 意派
• 人文主义
• 精神现代主义
• 独立性
• 超越性