“Art of facing life”: painting of Gao Xiaohua in the sociocultural context of the epoch
Abstract
The article is dedicated to the personality and work of the outstanding Chinese painter Gao Xiaohua, a representative of the “Sichuan group” of artists in the Southwest. He went down in the history of fine arts of the PRC in the late 1970s. as a “pioneer” of “scar painting”, uncompromisingly debunking the mistakes of the “Cultural Revolution”. Subsequently, he entered the galaxy of Chinese masters of the southwestern region, developing the direction of the “rustic realism” in his art work. Based on the study and systematization of disparate information concentrated in Chinese sources that have not been translated into Russian, this work reconstructs the main stages of the biography of the Gao Xiaohua through the prism of historical and political events of the era. The author analyzes the reasons for the change in creative style using the example of works of the Gao Xiaohua, demonstrating the process of nationalization of oil painting in the Chinese. The transformation of the style of Gao Xiaohua is shown to be a product of the historical development of Chinese fine art after 1978 and the manifestation of the subjective will of a master who promptly responds to social demands of time. The results of the study contribute to a deeper understanding of the social nature of the artistic strategy of Gao Xiaohua, help to expand the idea of the personality and work of the master who had a great influence on the development of modern Chinese painting.
About the Authors
Jiaqi Liu
Qiqihar University; Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
China
China
Liu Jiaqi, Teacher; graduate student
Qiqihar
Yu. S. Zamaraeva
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts; Siberian Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yulia S. Zamaraeva, D. Sc. (Culturology), Professor at the Department of Cultural Studies and Art History, Siberian Federal University; First Vice-Rector of Department Music History, Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
660049, Krasnoyarsk; 660041, Krasnoyarsk
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For citations:
Liu J., Zamaraeva Yu.S. “Art of facing life”: painting of Gao Xiaohua in the sociocultural context of the epoch. ARTE. 2024;(2):125-137. (In Russ.)
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