In today's researches on semiotics of art

one standpoint insists that art is a representation sign in the sense of Peirce's semiotics. In the view of Peirce's representational semiotics

"sign" is the same as "representamen"

which means that the thing that stands for the object is absent. And the three parts of Peirce's Semiotics

the sign

the object and the meaning are not to be present at the same time

thus the meaning of the sign always exists outside the sign. The classification of art as a representation sign is not only challenged by both art theory and practice in the contemporary context

but also causes a paradox of semiotics and difficult problems of artistic meaning. In essence

art is not an absent representation sign

but an appearing presencing sign. As a presencing sign

art does not stand for an absent object

but has its own being and relevant meaning. It is a meaningful or significant sign occurring in a certain time and place. Here

the existence and the meaning of the sign are simultaneously presence and an integral gen- eration. Proposing the concept of "presencing sign" can help not only to better understand the nature of the art sign

the ontology of art

but also to better understand the characteristics of the art sign related to the activities of characters

such as thingness

eventness

displayness

embodiment

fieldness

and so on.