进入80年代以来,西方的艺术和观众都发生了相当深刻的变化,从60年代开始的观念艺术已经失去了势头,一方面是具象艺术和架上绘画开始回潮,另一方面是一度很难被观众理解的当代前卫艺术作品被普通的中产阶级收购,比如风行60年代的极少主义雕塑作品(主要用金属或复合材料制成的初级几何结构的抽象雕塑)被成批复制用于家庭的装饰。而早期的现代主义艺术作品,如凡高、毕加索,则由 Since the 1980s, Western art and audience have undergone profound changes. Concept art from the 1960s has lost its momentum. On the one hand, figurative art and on-the-shelf paintings begin to regain their momentum. On the other hand, The contemporary avant-garde pieces of art the audience understands are acquired by the ordinary middle class, such as the minimalist sculptures of the 60s (abstract sculptures of primary geometry mostly made of metal or composite materials) are copied in batches for home decor . The early modernist works of art, such as Van Gogh, Picasso by