Narrative Expression of Light in Contemporary Oil Paintings

Abstract

In modern and contemporary times, under the background that artists enjoy full freedom of choice, the use of light gets rid of the traditional role, takes light as the main form of expression to express the painter’s personal subjective emotion, and makes attempts in various painting styles, which makes the appearance of today’s paintings diverse. This paper studies the contemporary oil paintings of the development and innovation of light and the content expression of new forms, analyzes and summarizes the characteristics of the narrative expression of light with the word “narrative of light” combined with the works of contemporary art master Heimer Xiuyi, and discusses the significance of the narrative expression of light in Contemporary oil paintings.