手法和观念的多样化与复杂化是当代艺术的一个重要特征。现在很多人之所以抱怨看不懂当代艺术,一个主要的困惑就在于人们发现很难对艺术作品进行有效的定义了。不论是绘画、雕塑,还是摄影、行为,都越来越呈现出跨界的趋势。有的作品看似绘画,却又是三维的。有的看似是雕塑或者装置,却更像是一只精密的机械怪物。明明是一个行为艺术,却又被包裹在声光电效果复杂的视频艺术的外衣之下。艺术手法的身份感和独立性被人为地模糊化,已经很难单纯地将某 Diversification and complexity of practices and concepts are an important feature of contemporary art. One of the major confusion that many people now complain about failing to understand contemporary art is that people find it hard to define their work effectively. Whether painting, sculpture, or photography, behavior, are increasingly showing the trend of cross-border. Some works look like paintings, but they are three-dimensional. Some seem to be sculptures or installations, but more like a sophisticated mechanical monster. Obviously a performance art, but it is wrapped in the video and television art complex effect under the coat. The sense of identity and independence of artistic techniques are artificially blurred, it has been difficult to simply a