我对新艺术的管见
My views on modern art

当你的目光触及那些五光十色，龙飞凤舞，变化无穷的新派绘画时，你也许会觉得风起云涌，使精神和情绪都深入了乱纷纷的世界里去。因此，你就感到莫名其妙，或訝为怪诞奇异了。也正因为这样，所以许多人都不喜欢新派绘画，认为这仅是一种标新立异，技法拙劣的绘画表现而已。

我分析现代人之所以不能鉴赏新派画的原因，大概不外下列几点困难：

（一） 一般人总喜欢墨守旧时的习惯，认为凡是毕肖自然的写实美术就是唯一的美，以陈旧的写实方法认为是西洋画唯一的准则，藉此衡量新派画的绘画。因此观览者难免感到困惑与沮丧，每觉得眼前所见的新派画，完全是一种丑陋，恶劣，毁损形式的绘画，甚至认为是不可思议的，完全无美可言。

（二） 新派绘画与一般人习惯上所接触的绘画，是完全不同的，所以普通人看见一幅新派画的时候，不能立刻理解那是什么？因此他们误解了画家的意旨，不能启发出一种美的感性。

（三）新派画是难以适当地对普通人解释明白的，虽然有不少关于鉴赏新派画的叙述，然而，多数人都不愿将时间与精神花在这上面，因此必须多些机会，使人得以观赏新派画，藉以改变人们的艺术概念，使成习惯后，才能真正地了解新派绘画。

（四） 绘画在学校的正规教育中，一向是不被注重的，若与文学、数学、科学各科来比较，它所占的比重，是极其轻微。所以在学生时代，对绘画就存有了漠视的心理，更谈不上欣赏新派画了。

（五） 新派画是一种反学术的绘画，其妙趣与特色，全在于画面所表现的状趣，应从形、色与理势上见之。而一般人误认为绘画是文学或戏剧，企图以学术上的标准去鉴定它的价值。因此，总好像有什么缺乏了似的感觉。

（六） 新派画由滋生而进展，几达半个世纪，它有着许多不同的系统观念，所以它的范围是太广泛了，不是寥寥数语，或几段文字，就可以解释清楚。

（七） 大多数的人，沈溺在写实派的氛围中，那些传统的艺术概念，以及微妙的影响，在一个通常人的头脑里，已存下了根深蒂固的思想。所以对那些违反传统惯例的新派绘画，竟是无意地，或本能地就产生了一种反抗力。

所以，我们若要了解新派画，首先必须使自己从深染的惯例桎梏中解脱出来，多接触新的绘画，以一种不偏见的精神，按部就班地跟着它的基础与概念的进展，去了解这种不同标准的绘画形式。我们绝不能作茧自缚，把自己困囿在保守主义的圈子里，或自筑一堵坚厚的围墙来包围自己。尤其是一个美术工作者，更不能坐井观天，把不合自己胃口的艺术作品，便一概藐视冷落。这不但是患了近视的毛病，甚至对自己所偏爱的也不能有所发展。一个艺术家，绝不能囿困于某一派的传统习尚里，目空一切！我们应该扩大眼界，加深了解。这样，你玩索愈多，风格愈繁，资料愈丰富，就能鉴别各派的优劣，彻底地容纳各派的长处。融会贯通之后，才能自由地去探求新的艺术泉源，才可一跃而达独立自主的创造境地！

希腊的哲学家赫拉克利脱斯Herakleitos曾有“万物流转”之说。他说天下万物，没有一日、一时、一分，或一秒停滞，一切都在流动着。这句话来论美术的活动，是非常贴切的。从现代绘画到我们现今的时势，美术的进展，是在不断地传递变化中。所以，一个纯心于美术的工作者，为了艺术的探求，应该是始终不懈，刻砺苦斗，潜心探究，就如科学家在不绝地苦心探究大自然的真理一样，因此才能产生出精深卓越的作品来！

When your gaze falls upon those vibrant, dynamic, ever-changing new art movements, you might feel swept away into a chaotic world where spirit and emotion dive deep into disorder. Consequently, you might find it perplexing, or even bizarrely intriguing. It's precisely for this reason that many people don't appreciate new art movements, dismissing them as mere attempts to be avant-garde with clumsy techniques.

I believe the reasons why modern people struggle to appreciate new art can be summarized as follows:

1. People tend to cling to old habits and consider realistic representation as the only form of beauty in Western art, using outdated realism as the sole criterion to judge new art. Therefore, viewers often feel confused and frustrated, finding new art forms completely ugly, even grotesque or unimaginable.

2. New art is fundamentally different from what people are accustomed to, so when ordinary individuals encounter a piece of new art, they struggle to understand it immediately. Thus, they misinterpret the artist's intentions and fail to evoke a sense of beauty.

3. New art is difficult to explain properly to the general public. While there are many discussions about appreciating new art, most people are unwilling to invest time and effort in understanding it. Therefore, there must be more opportunities for people to appreciate new art, in order to change their artistic concepts and make them habitual, thereby truly understanding new art.

4. Painting is traditionally neglected in formal education, with its significance far outweighed by subjects like literature, mathematics, and science. Therefore, during their student years, there is a tendency to disregard painting, let alone appreciate new art.

5. New art is anti-academic, with its charm and uniqueness lying in the expressions on the canvas. It should be perceived through form, color, and the dynamic of ideas. However, people often mistake painting for literature or drama, attempting to assess its value based on academic standards. As a result, they feel like something is missing.

6. New art has evolved over the past half-century, with many different systems of ideas. Therefore, its scope is too vast to be explained in a few words or paragraphs.

7. Most people are immersed in the atmosphere of realism, having deep-rooted ideas about traditional art concepts. Thus, there is an unintentional or instinctive resistance to new art movements that defy traditional conventions.

Therefore, to understand new art, one must first break free from deeply ingrained habits and engage with new forms of painting. With an unbiased spirit, following the progress of its foundations and concepts, we can truly understand this alternative standard of painting. We must not confine ourselves within conservative circles or build thick walls to isolate ourselves. Especially for an artist, one cannot be narrow-minded, dismissing artworks that do not suit their tastes. This is not only a symptom of myopia but also inhibits the development of one's preferred art style. An artist should broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding. Only then, through integration and assimilation, can they freely explore new artistic sources and reach a state of independent creativity!

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, "Everything flows." He meant that nothing in the world remains still for even a moment; everything is in constant motion. This statement is highly applicable to the activities of art. From modern painting to the current era, the progress of art is in constant flux. Therefore, for a dedicated artist, in pursuit of art, one must persevere relentlessly, hone one's skills, delve deeply into exploration, just as scientists tirelessly seek the truths of nature. Only then can they produce profound and outstanding works!