随着西部大开发战略决策的提出,“西部美术”也成为一个讨论的话题。其实,早在80年代中期,文学界和电影界已经提出“西部艺术”这一概念。在美术界,也出现关于“西部绘画”的探讨（见郎绍君《现代中国画论集·西部绘画之梦》）。郎绍君在文章开篇即以设问方式为“西部绘画”的可能走向勾勒出一个大致的轮廓:即“远接汉唐传统的现代西部绘画”。并历史地考察了源远流长的中国文化与“西部”的地缘关系。但那时的中国画坛,正为反传统的现代艺术潮流所驱动,对 With the formulation of the strategic decision for the development of the western region, “Western Art” has also become a topic of discussion. In fact, as early as the mid-1980s, literary and cinematic circles had already proposed the concept of “Western art.” In the art world, there is also a discussion on “Western Painting” (see Lang Shao-jun, “A Collection of Modern Chinese Painting · Dreams of Western Painting”). At the beginning of the article, Lang Shaojun sketched out a general outline of the possible direction of “Western Painting” by asking questions and asking: “the modern western painting that is far from Han and Tang dynasties”. And historically examines the long history of Chinese culture and the “Western” geographical relationship. But the Chinese painting scene at that time was being driven by anti-traditional modern art trends