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On Mar 15, 2022, New Youth-- The 4th Academic Experimental Art Documentary Exhibition & The 3rd China Academic Experimental Art Education Conference was held in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province. The event was jointly organized by Central Academy of Fine Arts(CAFA), Jingdezhen Ceramic University(JCU) and Jingdezhen Ceramic Culture Tourism Development Co.(JCCTDC), Ltd. It’s a systematic presentation of the Experimental art in the facts of teaching, research, creation and student development outcomes in China over the past five years.
In 2006, CAFA initially lunched the Academic Experimental Art Documentary Exhibition, which is planned to be held every five years. In 2011, On the occasion of the second annual of the exhibition, the China Academic Experimental Art Exhibition Conference was held. After more than ten years of development, the two activities have become an important platform for reviewing the teaching quality and scientific research and creation achievements of experimental art in China. The events are not only an important window to systematically show the development of experimental art in Chinese academies, but a crucial activity to explore the future development trend of experimental art. The exhibition has become another national exhibition of experimental art besides the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. The theme of Experimental Art in Academies which contains Chinese characteristics in the field of art, culture and society will be researched and expanded all the time and extend new directions to guide future practice.
The theme of this exhibition is New Youth and planed on display for four months. The exhibition focuses on the development of young artists in China, concerning on the development of their creative condition, entrepreneurship and artistic careers of students who graduated from the major of experimental art as they step into society, and exploring the growth mechanisms of the young artists. Preparation for the exhibition began in June 2021, and finalist works were elected in three ways: self-application, academies recommendation and expert recommendation. The Council on Academic Accreditation which consisted of college educators, art creators and curators from art area selected 108 artworks from all the submitted works. In addition, the exhibition is not limited to present only a single artwork for one artist, but strives to systematically display the artist's creative process and personal development in the certain exhibition space, showing the different stages of their growth. In this way, it will explore a new path for the young artists and trigger the policies to support the growth of young artists. Moreover, the exhibition also selected a series of typical education cases of experimental art in schools across the whole nation, and 18 excellent cases were chosen to constitute another important exhibition: 18 Teaching Cases -- China Academic Experimental Art Education Curriculum Exhibition.
Fan Dian, chairman of Chinese Artists Association and president of CAFA, send his congratulation from Beijing after the Two Sessions. He said holding the exhibition in Jingdezhen means a lot. It’s not only a display of the achievements of experimental art teaching in China, but a special combination between ceramic art and experimental art. The two art forms are mutually nourishing and beautiful together. The more important thing is the exhibition held in Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue(TCAA) is also an important opportunity to popularize aesthetic education to the public. In the way of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era, experimental art is an important part that cannot be missing. In this year’s Two Sessions, Mr. Fan submitted proposals on strengthening the construction of science and technology art disciplines and promoting the development of scientific and technological art and strengthening art to empower rural revitalization, all of which are important areas where experimental art can make a difference. In addition, he is delighted to know that the exhibition fully reflects the young artists’ insight and perception in the trend of integration of science, technology and art.
Lv Pinchang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of JCU,
Delivered Speech on the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition
Lv Pinchang said, in 2021, JCU successfully applied for the discipline of experimental art. It not only filled the gap of experimental art teaching and research in Jiangxi Province, but transfused fresh blood, creative thinking and experimental spirit to the art education in JCU. Different from traditional art form, experimental art is not limited by the specific media and forms in the nature of work, expressing way, tools and materials and technique styles. It is aimed to cultivate the professional cross-disciplinary talents and interdisciplinary professionals with modern ideas and creative abilities, based on the exploration of new media and experiences, without the limitations of specific media and art forms. In the future, JCU will walk with all colleagues in the way of experimental art.
Xiong Honghua, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee and General Manager of JCCTDC,
Xiong Honghua stated that the activity is the largest and most innovative exhibition held at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue(TCAA) to date and it will stimulate the youth ability of crossover development. At the same time, TCAA welcomes artists and designers settle in here to communicate cross borders. TCAA is a young community on developing and committed to creating a culture and art community without walls for the public, bravely being a practice ground for art and a pioneering place for art. In the spirit of experimental art and active exploration, JCCTDC will provide artists a wider range of academic exchanges and cultural interactions to support, promote and accompany each other.
Qiu Zhijie, Dean of School of Experimental Art of CAFA
Curator Qiu Zhijie mentioned that the opening of the 4th Academic Experimental Art Documentary Exhibition means the ideas and actions of experimental art education in the past 20 years have been put into the tangible society practice. The 108 young artists presented here today are active in China. Some of them are engaged in art education, continuing their mission; Some are exploring science and technology and search deeper in that field; Some are devoted into rural revitalization and community construction, to renewing the social bonds between art and society and representing more vibrant participators. The exhibition gives an answer to the 20-year experimental art education in China and it’s a sample survey of this generation of New Youth.
Deng Biwen, Representatives of Participating Teachers and Assistant Professor of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Long Pan, Artist from Jiangxi Province
Gao Xiaoyun, Vice Mayor of Jingdezhen Municipal People’s Government,
Declared the Opening of the Exhibition
Chen Ye, Deputy Secretary of Party Committee of the school of Experimental Art of CAFA,
Hosted the Opening Ceremony
After the ceremony, guests and artists visited the exhibition in strict compliance with the epidemic prevention requirements.
After the visit, the participants came to JCU to attend the 3rd China Academic Experimental Art Exhibition Conference. The conference invited many experimental art educators, artists, curators and entrepreneurs from many universities at home and abroad. Combing with the online and offline meeting, the conference discussed 4 different topics, reviewed the past experimental art education in theory construction, practical results and the new direction of teaching reform. explored the future of experimental art education. The exhibition also discussed the excellent cases out of the college which inspired by the spirit of experimental art and how to inject the creativity of the academy's experimental art into the development of society and provide a broader space for experimental art.
Lv Pinchang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice President of JCU
Lv Pinchang said that in recent years, many exhibitions on the theme of experimental art have been held in Jingdezhen, which have gained extensive academic notice and influence. It closely links to the teaching practice of the special class of experimental art in JCU. The education conference settled in JCU will strengthen the interact activities between JCU and various universities in China, and promote JCU’s experimental art major to make more extensive and in-depth academic exchanges and cooperation activities with other counter-parts in the future.
Lv Jinquan, Vice President of JCU,
Hosted the Conference
Qiu Zhijie, Dean of school of Experimental Art of CAFA,
Making the Keynote Speech
The first theme of the conference is What has the Academies Provided to Students? What Else Should the Academies Give to Students? Jiao Xingtao, vice president of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Guan Huaibin, dean of School of Intermedia Art of China Academy of Art, Wu Xiaochuan, director of Experimental Art Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Zhang Dan, director of Experimental Art Department of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, Wang Aijun, vice dean of School of Experimental Art of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Deng Biwen, Associate Professor of School of Intermedia Art of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Eduardo Kac, Director of Department of Technology Art of School of the Institute of Chicago delivered their opinion on the necessity of establishing Experimental art and related majors in the system of Chinese art colleges and landscape in art education from different perspectives combing with their school’s major construction in recent years.
Jiao Xingtao, Vice President of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute,
Making the Keynote Speech
Guan Huaibin, Dean of School of Intermedia Art of China Academy of Art,
Making the Keynote Speech
Wu Xiaochuan, Director of Experimental Art Department of Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts,
Making the Keynote Speech
Zhang Dan, Director of Experimental Art Department of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts,
Making the Keynote Speech
Wang Aijun, Vice Dean of School of Experimental Art of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts,
Making the Keynote Speech
Deng Biwen, Assistant Professor of School of Intermedia Art of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Making the Keynote Speech
Eduardo Kac, Director of Department of Technology Art of School of the Institute of Chicago, Making the Keynote Speech
In the part of interactive discussion, Lv Pinchang, Qiu Zhijie, Guan Huaibin, Li Jianshen, Deng Biwen, Song Zhen and other inviting guests from different colleges discussed and interacted with the audience on the topic of What has the Academies Provided to Students? What else should the academies give to students?
The conference lasted for two days. Experts and scholars from more than 20 art academies, comprehensive universities and related art institutions would also make further discuss on the topic of Art System and Public Ordering, Opportunities of the New Era and Entrepreneurial Dreams, Subject Demonstration etc.