社会的激变总会给艺术带来新的选择机会。20世纪的风云变幻,中国社会在战争与和平的交织演绎中经历了天翻地覆的骤变。在动荡中,中国艺术家是如何应对时代的使命,迫使他们在“私爱”与“公义”中做出选择。私爱,作为实现艺术审美本质的价值追求,是艺术家个人创作的一项自娱活动,尽管同时也起到了娱人的作用,绘画史上的“浪漫主义”、“表现主义”艺术皆属于此类。而“公义”则是艺术社会功能赋 The social changes always bring new opportunities for the arts. In the midst of the changing circumstances of the 20th century, Chinese society has undergone tremendous changes in the interweaving of war and peace. During the turmoil, Chinese artists responded to the mission of the times and forced them to make choices in “private love” and “justice.” Private love, as the pursuit of value in realizing the aesthetic essence of art, is an entertaining activity of artist’s personal creation. Although “romanticism” and “expressionism” in the history of painting all fall into this category . And “justice” is the artistic social function fu