西方艺术学界对于中国当代艺术的研究,大致可以用“纵向的贯穿”与“横向的覆盖”两个路径去审视。所谓纵向贯穿的路径,大多是中国艺术史专家采取的研究方法,他们强调在中国艺术传统的历史框架中探究中国当代艺术的发展;而所谓横向覆盖的路径,常常是非中国艺术史专家的作者普遍采纳的研究方法,他们倾向于把中国当代艺术放在一个全球 The study of Western contemporary art in Western art circles can be roughly examined in two ways: “vertical penetration” and “horizontal coverage”. The so-called longitudinal path is mostly a research method adopted by Chinese art history experts who emphasize the development of Chinese contemporary art in the historical framework of Chinese artistic tradition. The so-called horizontal covering path is often the author of non-Chinese art history experts Adopted research methods, they tend to put Chinese contemporary art on a global scale