《庆祝中国共产党成立七十周年美术作品展》,是经过1989年春夏之交的动乱和北京反革命暴乱,在挫败平息这场动乱和暴乱之后一年多筹备的。严酷的斗争经验,使我们警觉到:某些反对艺术为人民服务、为社会主义服务的艺术思潮,原来就是为资产阶级自由化鸣锣开道,为和平演变造舆论的。我们庆幸,我们 The “Art Exhibition to Celebrate the Seventieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party” was prepared over the course of one year after the defeat was made to quell the turmoil and riots after the unrestrained in the spring and summer of 1989 and the Beijing counter-revolutionary riots. The harsh fighting experience has alerted us to the following: Some of the art trends that oppose the service of the arts for the people and serve for socialism turned out to be grumbling and opening up for the bourgeois liberalization and made public opinion for the peaceful evolution. We are glad, we