The exhibition Photo: Courtesy of CAFA

A new exhibition that aims to explore the development of experimental art education in China kicked off on Tuesday in the country's porcelain capital, Jingdezhen in East China's Jiangxi Province.   

The New Youth exhibition at the Ceramic Art Avenue - Taoxichuan in Jingdezhen is a documentary exhibition that is like a survey of emerging young artists in China. 

It focuses on the creative and entrepreneurial career developments of a particular group of experimental art students after they graduated and entered society.  

"Experimental artists do many things, like me, I make artsy short films and public art installations for commercial organizations," said Chen Manting, an experimental artist told the Global Times. 

A total of 108 artworks are on display at the show. Additionally, a literature exhibition also displays the typical teaching plans used at experimental art courses in colleges and universities across the country. These 18 excellent examples of experimental art courses form an important part of the exhibition. 

"Experimental art, like the school of oil sculpture, can be very different from fine art. Experimental art is closely linked to social changes, multimedia interpretations and unexpected artistic expressions in today's current art context," Chen noted.

"As a student of this art form, I think this exhibition will help more people better understand what experimental artists do," he added. 

The New Youth exhibition was curated by Qiu Zhijie, head of the School of Experimental Art, and jointly organized by the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Jingdezhen Ceramic University.

The exhibition is being held alongside the 3rd China Academic Experimental Art Education Conference.