当代水墨的当代性在本质上是现代性问题——基于现代性的本土处境化思考,而非回避现实问题的传统文化复兴。当代水墨的异质表达,多与对自由主义思想的追求相关。关于当代水墨的创作和研究,必然要面对“水墨何以当代”的问题,即在当代艺术语境下追问水墨身份。但当下的水墨热度似乎意不在此,而是认为之前的中国当代艺术过于接受西方的影响,出于矫正和寻根的需要,当代艺术应转 The contemporary nature of contemporary ink and wash is, in essence, a question of modernity - the indigenous contextualization thinking based on modernity rather than the traditional cultural renaissance that has avoided the reality. The heterogeneous expression of contemporary ink and wash is mostly related to the pursuit of liberal thought. With regard to the creation and research of contemporary Chinese ink and wash, we must face the problem of “how contemporary Chinese ink and wash are”, that is, asking ink and wash identity under the contemporary artistic context. However, the contemporary ink and wash seems to be indifferent to this, but rather that the previous Chinese contemporary art was overly influenced by the West. For the sake of rectification and root seeking, contemporary art should turn