These developments, plus ever-increasing interactions with the outside world, have inspired artists to reassess. The critical, often depressing work of the 1980s has given way to a more rounded, softer feel. Artists are doing less protesting, but are more thoughtful.
然而，低靡的市場與地球村的密集交流反而刺激畫家思維的沉澱與反省，許多八○年代當頭棒喝、尖銳、張狂、刺得人心臟隱隱作疼的畫風漸邁向圓融的並立、輕柔地提示，畫家引導人們沉思，而非抗爭。