In search of artistic synthesis: the formation of an individual method in Wang Guangyi’s work
Abstract
The focus of this article is Wang Guangyi’s oeuvre, analyzed through his search for new forms, methods of production, and the philosophical shift from rationalism to Pop Art. Special attention is paid to the formation of the worldview of young Chinese painters in the 1980s. The authors examine the influence of foreign artists, modernism, postmodernism, and the philosophical theories of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ernst Hans Gombrich, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, and Jean-Paul Sartre, treating them as an integral part of modern Chinese visual art. By studying Wang Guangyi’s memoirs and interviews, the authors introduce new information about the factors that influenced the formation of his style within academic discourse. The article notes the impact of the artist’s painting on the development of modern art in China. The authors conclude that throughout his life, Wang Guangyi searched for the “spirit” rather than the external form, thereby shaping his individual creative method.
Supporting agencies: The research was supported by grants: 1. The programme for covering research expenses in higher education institutions of Heilongjiang Province. “Arts of minority peoples in border areas of Heilongjiang Province from the perspective of the “One Belt, One Road” project. Code: 145109159. 2. Key topics of higher education, Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education, 2021: Development and implementation of basic curriculums for the specialty “Fine Arts”. Code: SJGZ20210076.
About the Authors
Jing Yang
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts;
Institute of Fine Arts and Art Design of Qiqihar University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yang Jing, postgraduate student at the Department of Social Sciences and History of Arts; Professor, Head of Painting Department, Faculty of Fine Arts
660049, Krasnoyarsk
161006, Qiqihar
S. A. Yakovleva
Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana A. Yakovleva, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and History of Arts
660049, Krasnoyarsk
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Yang J., Yakovleva S.A. In search of artistic synthesis: the formation of an individual method in Wang Guangyi’s work. ARTE. 2026;(1):82-94. (In Russ.)
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