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A Medium of Resistance: Audience Response and Theoretical Dissemination of The Trend of Art Thought
LI Yuhang
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2026.04.004
Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China
Founded in the 1980s, The Trend of Art Thought was a vital carrier of theoretical communication in China’s art scene. It responded to internal discussions and theoretical debates in the art world and built a communication platform for a broader community of art practitioners. Centered on the public discursive field constructed by the magazine to communicate with its readers, this paper systematically sorts out the composition and characteristics of its audience. Meanwhile, from the two dimensions of builder of the new trend discursive field and pioneer of media resistance, it analyzes the core role of the magazine in the communication of contemporary Chinese art, reveals its important function in promoting the development of art theory, the innovation of Chinese painting, and the “85 New Wave” Art Movement, and provides an important perspective for studying the transformation of China’s art world and social trends in the 1980s.
The Trend of Art Thought, theoretical dissemination, audience response, the “85 New Wave” Art Movement
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