谢振瓯的第一个创作高潮是80年代。当时在西方现代艺术思潮的冲击下,中国现代艺术思潮迭起,“反叛传统”、“中国传统绘画由古典形态向现代形态转型”等等成为画家们重新树立的艺术理念。在这样的背景下,谢振瓯固执于中国绘画古老的形式——工笔重彩,且避离现实众生象,专取 Xie Zhenou’s first creative climax was the 1980s. At the time, under the impact of the Western modern art trends, the rebellions of Chinese modern art, the “rebel tradition” and “the transformation of Chinese traditional painting from the classical form to the modern one” etc. became the re-established artistic concepts of painters. In this context, Xie Zhenou sticks to the ancient form of Chinese painting -