This article is dedicated to examination of the phenomenon of contemporary Chinese art, its essential specificity within the framework of tradition and in the conditions of globalization. For achieving the set goal, the author applies the method of historical-cultural analysis in combination with the elements of structural-semiotic analysis of contemporary art in China of the late XX century. For historical and social reasons, contemporary art became a substantial part of the works of Chinese artists only after the “Reform and Opening-Up” in the 1980s. China was able to preserve tremendous artistic heritage, thus the contemporary art resembles a fusion of tradition and postmodernism. The scientific novelty of this work consists in shifting away from art discourse in studying artistic material and concentrating on philosophical perspective. The conclusion is drawn that since the 1980s until the present China undergoes a drastic period of transformation of art from traditional to contemporary. The works of that time reflect such themes as the alienation of a modern person from tradition, change in experience of world perception, conflict between modern politics and society.
本文致力于考察当代中国艺术现象,以及它在传统框架和全球化条件下的本质特殊性。为了实现这一既定目标,作者将历史文化分析方法与二十世纪后期中国当代艺术的结构符号分析方法相结合。由于历史和社会原因,仅在1980年代“改革开放”之后,当代艺术才成为中国艺术家作品的重要组成部分。中国能够保留巨大的艺术遗产,因此当代艺术类似于传统与后现代主义的融合。这项工作的科学新颖之处在于,它在研究艺术材料上转向了艺术话语,而专注于哲学视角。结论是,从1980年代到现在,中国经历了艺术从传统到当代的急剧转变时期。当时的作品反映了现代人与传统的疏离,世界观经验的变化,现代政治与社会之间的冲突等主题。