西方现代艺术形成于现代社会,是20世纪以来主导的艺术形态。现代艺术的产生与发展打破了传统艺术观念,使其越来越适应于现代社会的发展。现代艺术的出现对于艺术史发展有着变革性的意义,引领了新的艺术潮流。随着现代艺术思潮对传统艺术的全面突破,我们应如何思考和面对现代艺术的本质特征以及未来的发展方向。本文首先对西方现代艺术提出自己的理解,然后论述西方现代艺术的意义,进而对现代艺术的未来发展提出展望。 Western modern art is formed in modern society, is the dominant form of art since the 20th century. The emergence and development of modern art has broken the traditional concept of art and made it more and more adapted to the development of modern society. The emergence of modern art has the transformative meaning to the development of art history and has led the new trend of art. With the modern art trend of all-round breakthrough in traditional arts, how should we think and face the essential characteristics of modern art and the future development. This article first proposes its own understanding of Western modern art, then discusses the significance of Western modern art, and then puts forward the prospect of the future development of modern art.