Conceptual art， also called conceptualism， is a special artistic form flourishing in the middle age of last century， which broke peoples traditional definition on “Art”. In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. “All art is conceptual in nature because art only exists conceptually ”， according to Joseph Kosuth， an well-known American conceptual artist.

上世紀中期，觀念藝術(shù)的出現(xiàn)打破了千百年來人們對“藝術(shù)”的定義。約瑟夫·科蘇斯說：“所有的藝術(shù)在本質(zhì)上都是觀念的，因為只有從觀念的角度看藝術(shù)才是存在的?！痹凇坝^念”的統(tǒng)領(lǐng)下，藝術(shù)變得和從前大不一樣。endprint