Institutions, Boundaries, and Life: Wang Huangsheng’s Curatorial Thought, “New Art Museum Studies,” and Artistic Innovation

Abstract

Through the two closely intertwined dimensions of curatorial practice and artistic creation, this paper discusses Wang Huangsheng 's great contributions to Chinese contemporary art, museum culture and its knowledge system. This paper first analyzes his institutional experiments, knowledge production and dedication to the public interest in the Guangzhou Triennale, CAFAM Biennale and a series of exhibitions, and discusses the concept of " New Art Museum Research " proposed by him. Subsequently, the article focuses on a series of exhibitions such as Moving Vision, Metaphor Vision, and Breathe IN/OUT and explores how Wang Huangsheng uses elements such as lines, gauze, metal wire, glass, light, sound,and oxygen cylinders to break through the existing formal boundaries of ink art and transform it into a contemporary art language that can respond to social crises, historical trauma, and bioethics. This paper argues that Wang Huangsheng integrates curatorial practice, museum operation, institutional criticism and artistic experiment into a practice of cultural progress, historical consciousness and public responsibility. He not only helped reshape the institutional system and knowledge structure of contemporary Chinese art, but also re-emphasized the vital power of art and museums in preserving historical memory, safeguarding
human dignity, promoting public discussion and conceiving a better future.