Author(s)

Shasha Wang, Mingming Song

Corresponding Author

Shasha Wang

ABSTRACT

Greenberg and Benjamin are two very important theorists in the history of Western art, respectively influencing the process of Western modern art and postmodern art. Many western artists were influenced by their theories and practiced a variety of modern art chapters. Contemporary Chinese art is advancing into the modern art process as a whole. However, it is not a repetition of the development of Western art. It is also different from the progressive development of Western art, but it integrates unique status quo of China and its artistic development context. This paper analyzes the theories of Western modern art and postmodern art, Greenberg and Benjamin's theories, and clarifies the origin of modern art in order to explore Chinese own modern art spirit in the contemporary Chinese modern art.

KEYWORDS

The process of modern art, the founder of Western theory, the spirit of modern Chinese art