自1999年以来，南视觉美术馆（RCM ART MUSEUM）的前身红色经典艺术馆、经典画廊就致力于把自己的发展跟中国当代艺术的本土化进程联系起来。继2000年成功举办“新中国画大展”之后，2002年又独资承办了中国第一个三年展——首届中国艺术三年展。之后，南视觉美术馆着力于全面推出生于七十年代的青年艺术家，“未来考古学：第二届中国艺术三年展”的举办及其产生的巨大影响，成为这一战略思路的最好体现。两届三年展的举办使南视觉美术馆逐步完善了“另一种”三年展模式：一、就主体而言，它是民间机构投资的三年展；二、就内容而言，它是中国当代艺术的三年展；三、就地点而言，它是一个漂流的三年展。

　　此外，中国独立影像年度展、中国纪录片交流周已经成为南视觉美术馆的常设项目。这些大型展览的策划和运作表明，在国内为数众多的独立艺术空间中，南视觉美术馆超越了展馆的空间限制以及功能限制，被赋予了新的含义——它一直是以一个积极的独立主体，在较高的平台上参与和推动着中国当代艺术机制的建设，并正在通过自身的努力逐步向更高的水准发展。

　　目前，位于南京市北京西路72号的新址，正在进行大规模改造的南视觉美术馆，将更加适宜当代艺术的展示和交流。到2006年，新址所在的南京2021艺术区将建成为中国长江三角洲最重要的独立艺术区之一。

Brief introduction RCM

　　Since 1999,RCM,following its predecessors of Classical Red Gallery and Classical gallery,has been devoting itself to linking its own development with the process of Chinese contemporary arts.After the success of “Exhibition of Neo-Chinese Painting ”held in Shanghai and Nanjing in 2000,RCM initisted the first Chinese triennial exhibition- the 1 st Trienial of Chinese Art Guangzhou with its sole investment.Since then,the seldom-used Carpet method (selecting art pieces throughout all galleries)which was adopted in the preparation of the “Archeology of the Future; the Exhibition of the 2nd Triennial of Chinese Arts”extended great influence in contemporary Chinese art arena through the way of both the process and the final exhibition and publishing.The holding of these two exhibitions has been gradually setting up a new exhibition mode-“the Alienated Genre”:1.It is an exhibition invested by non-governmet institute.2.It is the exhibition of contemporary Chinese arts.3.It is a mobile exhibition.

　　And the Annual exhibition of the independent films and the Exchange Week of the Chinese Documentary have become the regular activities of the RCM.Some multi-fields and trans-media activities have gained great attention of RCM.All these great exhibition and operation express clearly that among numerous demostic independent art facilities,RCMhas broken the limits of both space and function of a gallery and has been granted a brand-new implication.Serving as and active independent entity,RCM has always been participating and promoting the construction of contemporary Chinese Art mechanism and it spares no enhance itself to higher level. A large-scale documentary film,Sailing in the Ocean-A Journey to Chinese Contempary Art,invested by RCM and directed by famous directed by famous director Wang xiaoshuai is on the way of shooting.This will be the firest histoty of Chinese contemporary art in video form. On July 29th,we will hold the Exhibition of Chinese Inkpainting Literature in Nanjing which will summarize the inkpainting achievement of China since the beginning of reform and opening-up drive.

　　June 2006,the new building of RCM designed by famous architector,ZhangLei,in West Beijing road 72#Bld NO.1 was formally established.