Bao Lin
Professor
Department of Arts and Design
Tsinghua University
China
Biography
His academic research mainly focuses on the artistic ideas and creation in contemporary China, Europe and America. He also engages in the research on the development of western modernism and its influence on China. In recently years, he has been concentrating on the development of art in China since the reform and opening-up, focusing on the creation and survival of Chinese artists of younger generation. He wants to find, from all the above, a new artistic development which inherits Chinese local culture while, at the same time, embodies innovative spirit and global vision. He proposes an in-depth exploration and research on the philosophy, science technology, politics and economics reflected by the contemporary art development, focusing on the evolution rule art itself, understanding the language features of contemporary art, enabling the institutional art education to keep abreast of social development.
Research Interest
Contemporary Painting Theory and Creation