Abstract Corresponding to the worldwide environmental crisis, Chinese contemporary art is attributed with profound ecological aesthetic consciousness and some basic features in the expression of ecoaesthetic consciousness since the 85 New Wave. First of all, the artists believe that the process of creation is more important than material artworks as the fixed results. They artistically exaggerate the environmental pollution and ecological damages, which have been ignored for many decades and brought before the public by art exhibitions and programs. Meanwhile, they attempted to destruct and transcend the traditional ways of art expression in 2D paintings, and emphasized persistence of life to interpret the process of dynamic changes of natural environment. Secondly, the audiences reception of these contemporary artworks and reconstruction of their meanings are of aesthetic experience, simulation and participation. Thirdly, with respect to the relation between existing form and environment, these artworks are of such characteristics as locality, interinterpretability and integration. Based on characteristics mentioned above, Chinese contemporary artworks with the theme of ecology and environmental protection are extensive and poetic.
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