Abstract art is an outstanding achievement in the world art history since the 20th century, being the extreme art for the sake of art, the maximized display of art’s own value, and the logical destination of modern art.  Without abstract art, there would be no individuality and self-sufficiency of conceptual art.  In this sense, abstract art is also the theoretical foundation of the whole contemporary art.  Although abstractionism has already become a part of history as an enormously influential art school, abstract art is still an important way of expression of contemporary art with figurative and expressionistic languages as a basic language of visual arts.  Abstraction is a comparatively special type during the more-than-40-year developing course of Chinese contemporary art, as being in the marginalized and individualized status of existence far away from hot spots of ideology and commercial exploitation.  The character and maturity of abstract language is the most direct inspection of art creation standard, and its expression back to the visual reality is the purest academic manifestation of metaphysical contemplation.

 Chief Curator: Li Xu