What is experimental art?

Experimental art is an art form. When reviews call a certain art experimental art, they usually do not regard it as a genre, style or category, but express a state of "to be tested".

When the concept of experimental art was formed in the mid-20th century, it was to break the one-sidedness of using tools, materials, skills and the possible styles as artistic judgment criteria, and to establish a broader The "total art" theory of artistic expression space.

It is believed that art is no longer just an aesthetic object for visual pleasure and edification of sentiments, but emphasizes the accuracy and effectiveness of the core expression of the theme, and attaches great importance to the dialectical relationship of interdependence and mutual promotion with the aesthetic subject. Trying to bring art closer to the reality of life and provide the public with a vivid spiritual space.

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China's experimental art in the 1990s was a period when artistic trends and cultural themes gradually gained a global perspective. Experiments in various media, aesthetics and themes were It began to echo the new international art trends. In terms of art education, the most significant change is the establishment of new media majors at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the China Academy of Art, and some experimental artists have been invited to work in the academies.

In terms of museums and art galleries, the Shanghai Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum, and Shenzhen He Xiangning Art Museum all set up some regular experimental art exhibitions, such as the Shanghai Biennale and the Academic Annual of Chinese Contemporary Sculpture Art. exhibitions, etc., and starting from 2000, experimental art began to be included in inter-governmental cultural exchange projects.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Experimental Art