artists and critics (1)

In the eyes of ordinary people, artists and art critics seem to be in the contradictive realm. However, these two have a extraordinary intimate relationship. The value of critic comes from the presenting of arts and artists are confined, located and written in art history through critcs. In another words, they are mutually supplement each other.

Later in 1980s, China began its modern liberation of thoughts, the same as the mordern art movement. The essential nature of such art movements resulted some artists created their works on the conforming purpose and shared the same perception of art, which led to the mutual style and inclination. In such movement, critics were also the participators. However their influence was not the organizers or propellers of such art movements, but more concerned with the recording history and setting up standards. Through such explanation, critics play a role as an bridge to guide the artists to cross a art trend to the other one and they are the most effective ones.

However, it does not mean that critcs can decide or change the art trends. Critics can not force the movement of arts as well as not create one. Art movements is more like an inclination in certain time, which is part of the trends of culture.

Some people might opponent that if they are so intimated, why critics is always making negative judgment to artists. Then in other side of such events, you may find that such criticism is just another form of support and conclusion. It also proclaims and prompts artist. In the beginning of 1990s, the "new generation" was just a small trend, through critics which fastly became popular. " female artists' s wold" is just another example. At the first level, those artists was not intent to start an art movement and not prone to constitute an organization or galleries, or even no claim . It is critics who noticed such new direction of movemen. Though such movement was just in the germinal status, having no basic theory or orientation, via the effort of critics, such name presenting such movement was settled down, which delegated a new style and view.