“寒带文化”:极地意象及时代精神在当代的中国,青年知识分子始终是社会的激进主义和对抗性文化活动的主要担当者。在80年代中期的中国美术史上,尤其是乡土绘画时期,普遍出现了以描绘那些几乎无名和普通的形式,以土地、乡村、农民以及农民无尽的苦难(罗中立等)作为民族叙事中心的写作。不仅在特殊时间和地域勾画出一个现代被政治化的国家,而且使一种超越于政治体制之外的 “Cold-blooded culture”: Polar image and the spirit of the times In contemporary China, young intellectuals have always been the main activists of social activism and adversarial cultural activities. In the history of Chinese art in the mid-1980s, especially during the period of local painting, the writing of the almost unknown and ordinary forms of the center of national narrative was presented in the endless sufferings of land, country, peasant and peasant (Luo Zhongli, etc.). Not only has it outlined a modern politicized country at a particular time and place, but it has also made it possible for it to transcend the political system