What is experimental art?

Experimental art is an art form. When critics call an art an experimental art, they usually don't 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 a kind of "overall art" theory, which broke the one-sidedness of taking tools, materials, skills and possible styles as artistic judgment standards and established a broader artistic expression space.

It is believed that art is no longer just the aesthetic object of visual pleasure and sentiment cultivation, but emphasizes the accuracy and effectiveness of the core expression of the theme and the dialectical relationship of interdependence and mutual promotion with the aesthetic subject. Trying to make art closer to the reality of life and provide fresh spiritual space for the public.

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

In terms of museums and art galleries, Shanghai Art Museum, Guangdong Art Museum and Shenzhen He Xiangning Art Museum have all set up some regular exhibitions of experimental art, such as Shanghai Biennale and China Contemporary Sculpture Art Annual Exhibition. Since 2000, experimental art has been included in intergovernmental cultural exchange projects.

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Baidu encyclopedia-experimental art