1994年,距21世纪还有5年时间,是地道的20世纪末。近一时期,有讨论市场经济冲击艺术的文章,有声言时下已发生文化——艺术危机的文章,也有预测21世纪艺术会如何发展的文章。这些文章,提出了不少值得深思然而又很难得出明确结论的问题,也表现出作者们的烦躁情绪。有的,大声疾呼, 扼腕慨叹;有的,声消气绝,凄凄惶惶。这一切,可以统称为世纪末的困惑。 In 1994, five years from the 21st century, it was the end of the 20th century. In the recent period, there were articles discussing the impact of the market economy on art, the articles that have claimed the current moment of cultural-arts crisis, and the article on how to predict the development of art in the 21st century. These articles raise many questions that are worth pondering but hard to come to a definite conclusion and also show the author’s irritability. Some, cry out loud, lament lament; some, sound elimination, desolate panic. All this can be collectively referred to as the end of the century puzzles.