近几年,政府部门拨出相当数量的资金,倡导并资助重大题材的创作,取得了丰硕的成果,一大批重大题材的美术作品,而且大多是尺幅巨大的作品,被美术家们创作了出来,并举办了展览,作了强力宣传。对这一活动,我完全赞成。多年来,我一直主张,在艺术多元化的今天,我们不能废弃对社会、对广大人民群众,尤其是青年人能起到励志作用的艺术创作。这不是要回到“极左”的年代,而只是主张在娱乐化、个性化、大众娱乐、自我表现的多元大潮中,还需要教化性、社会性、教育大众、服务社会的艺术。美术的功能当然不能只限于善的教化,而同时需要真的踏实、美的愉悦。但如果只有美的愉悦,甚至是审丑的、搞笑的审美愉悦,包括恐惧、孤独、颓废、无望,没有真的踏实、善的教化、美的陶冶,难免使人丧失面对现实、 In recent years, government departments have appropriated a considerable amount of funds to advocate and fund the creation of major themes and have achieved fruitful results. A large number of major works of art are presented, and most of them are works of enormous size and have been created by artists Out, and held an exhibition, made a strong publicity. I fully agree with this activity. Over the years, I have always advocated that we should not abandon the artistic creation that gives inspiration to the society and the masses of the people, especially the young people, in today’s diverse arts. This is not to go back to the era of “leftist”, but to advocate the art of enlightenment, sociality, education of the public and social services in the pluralistic tide of entertainment, personalization, public entertainment and self-expression. Of course, the function of art can not be limited to good enlightenment, but at the same time it needs to be really practical and beautiful. However, if only the pleasure of beauty and even the aesthetic appreciation of ugliness, such as fear, solitude, decadentness, hopelessness, lack of truthfulness, good enlightenment and beauty, inevitably make people lose face of reality,