刘小东的绘画从一开始便是属于现实世界的,这从他最初跃上中国当代画坛最前沿的那一刻起就已经在他的作品中决定了。从中国当代艺术发展史的角度来说,刘小东作品中的这种现实性在当代艺术风格从80年代到90年代转型的关键时期,成就了艺术家作为新时期中国油画画风的扛旗者地位。当然,作 Liu Xiaodong’s paintings, from the very beginning, belonged to the real world, which has been decided in his works from the very moment when he first jumped to the forefront of contemporary Chinese painting. From the perspective of the development history of Chinese contemporary art, this realistic aspect of Liu Xiaodong’s works has made the artist’s status as a flag-bearing figure in the style of Chinese painting in the new era in the critical period of contemporary art style transformation from the 1980s to the 1990s. Of course,