美术家要面向时代、面向社会、面向生活、面向人民大众,才可能创造出真正优秀的美术作品。 我们不主张“题材决定论”。实践告诉我们,题材并不能决定美术作品的优劣,那种过分强调题材,认为只要以重大的历史事件和广阔的社会场景为题材便可以创作出优秀作品的看法当然是片面的。不少传之永久的经典之作并非是以大题材、大场景、大尺寸取胜。但是我们也应该看到,创作题材的确有大小之分,对于美术家来说,“画什么”的确对于作品的成败具有相当重要的影响。那种“题材无差别”、“画什么并不重要”的看法无疑也是不正确的。 Artists should face the times, face the society, face life, and face the general public before they can create truly outstanding works of art. We do not advocate “subject determinism.” Practice tells us that the theme does not determine the pros and cons of fine art. Too much emphasis is placed on the theme, which of course is one-sided as long as great works can be created based on major historical events and broad social scenes. Many of the classic pass is not a big event, big scenes, large size to win. However, we should also see that there is indeed a great deal of difference in the theme of creation. For artists, “painting what” really has a very important influence on the success of the work. The kind of “theme no difference”, “painting is not important” view is undoubtedly incorrect.