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Intellectual Metaphors: Perspectives, Connections, and Couplings - A Case Study of Chinese Installation Art

Authors
Yuan Wang1, *
1Central South University, School of Architecture and Art, PhD Candidate, Changsha, Hunan, 410000, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 314426267@qq.com
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Yuan Wang
Available Online 31 December 2025.
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10.2991/978-2-38476-511-9_31How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Contemporary Art; Installation Art; Intellectual Metaphor; Aesthetics
Abstract

Since the 1980s, numerous works have emerged in Chinese contemporary installation art. Early on, its conceptual methods bore much imitation of Western contemporary art. With ongoing practice and cultural awareness, artists developed new creative dimensions from group characteristics, collective memory and other aspects. By then, Chinese contemporary installation art had the connotation of intellectual metaphor, including origin exploration, perspective extension and wisdom thinking. Taking works by four artists with distinct local traits—Xu Bing, Gu Wenda, Cai Guoqiang and Huang Yongping—as examples, this paper explores the perspectives, connections and couplings of metaphors in installation art. These works go beyond the construction and bearing of installation space, condensing intellectual expressions in the multiple constructions of narrative aesthetics.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2025)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2025
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978-2-38476-511-9
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2352-5398
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