A study of the development dilemma of feminist art in China

In the 1980s, Western feminist art began to spread to China, Chinese female artists implemented a series of feminist art practices based on their gender identities and experiences. However, in recent years, more and more Chinese female artists have begun to deliberately downplay their female identity or even refuse to be associated with feminist art, thus struggling the development of Chinese feminist art. Based on this, the purpose of this study is to find and summarize the development dilemmas faced by Chinese feminist art. This study adopts a qualitative research methodology with the written document method to collect data. The data was collected from journals, books, magazines, newspapers, and so on. The collected data was then analyzed by document analysis method and comparative analysis method. The results of the study show that the development mode of feminism in China, public prejudice against feminism, the lack of feminist art theories, the imbalance of the male-to-female ratio in the art world, and the change of mentality of female artists are the main reasons for the obstacles to the development of feminist art in China. The results of this study help to gain a deeper understanding of the current restrictions on the development of feminist art in China and provide some insights into Chinese feminist art to break out of its predicament in the future.