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，观念艺术的出现打破了千百年来人们对“艺术”的定义。约瑟夫·科苏斯说：“所有的艺术在本质上都是观念的，因为只有从观念的角度看艺术才是存在的。”在“观念”的统领下，艺术变得和从前大不一样。endprint