三 创造意识的推进 从纵向上看,80年代初开始强调艺术形式的重要性和独立性,即注重艺术本体的价值,到80年代中期强调艺术创新意识和独特风格,出现自发性的版画群体,这一过程体现了创作意识从群体规范向个体精神的推进。从横向上看,各种版种的活跃实际上也同样包含着创造意识的变化,即从封闭的单一样式向开放的多元形态发展。这些推进和中国当代美术的发展是一致的,尽管版画家在前卫艺术中很少锋芒毕露。版画创作有其自身的特点,其创造意识的推进,亦有其不同于其它画种的特殊性。中国当代版画在创造意识上的变化主要体现在两个方面。一个方面是对版画复数特征的重新认识,即不是把重复看成是增加同一作品数量的手段,而是把它看作主动创造的方式。以致我们在不少版画家的作品 From the vertical perspective, in the early 1980s, the emphasis was placed on the importance and independence of the art form, that is, on the value of the art noumenon. By the mid-1980s, it emphasized the awareness of art innovation and unique style, This process reflects the creative consciousness from the group standard to individual spirit. From a horizontal perspective, the activities of all kinds of editions actually also contain the change in creating consciousness, that is, from a closed single style to an open pluralistic style. These advances are in line with the development of contemporary Chinese art, though printmakers rarely show off in avant-garde art. Printmaking has its own characteristics, the promotion of creating consciousness, there are also different from the special nature of other paintings. The changes of contemporary Chinese prints in creating consciousness are mainly reflected in two aspects. One aspect is the re-understanding of the plural features of printmaking, not as a means of increasing repetition of the same work but as a means of creating it spontaneously. As a result, we are in the work of many print artists