To tell the truth, the work is not bad. But for shopping centers with China background, it may be a bit avant-garde:
A naked woman, her internal organs are exposed all over the floor.
Perhaps it is hard for anyone to agree that this is actually a priceless treasure. You can buy hundreds of Hermes handbags [Comment: Here is a brief expression of the price of damien hirst's works; Although dienst himself hates comparing the prices of so-called luxury goods and artworks. ]
I can't blame anyone who can't appreciate YBA's works. Their rise in those years was due to Charles Saatchi's unique insights and strong support for a group of people represented by damien hirst and Tracy Emin. [Comment: Imagine the reaction caused by Tracey Emin's work My Bed. Even today, it may not be clear about its positive and negative comments. ]
Also this summer, I went back to Chengdu for a long time to catch up with my college friends.
I don't know why, but I talked about aesthetics.
I began to complain that the domestic "gay circle" has inexplicably entered a state of aesthetic convergence:
When I opened Weibo, a group of friends forwarded the so-called "celebrity" [BTW, pronounced as mí ng yuà n]. At first glance, it looked like a mold-the hairstyle, eyebrows, beard, figure and even the smell of wearing clothes all had the same feeling.
I scoff at such times. This time is no exception. But my friends expressed some dissatisfaction and incomprehension about my disdain.
According to his theory, aesthetics is a group phenomenon, which is not determined by any individual. The reason for this must be that a certain number of groups think that a form is "beautiful". At the same time, through them, others find that this kind of beauty seems to have its rationality (that is, "true beauty"), and then gradually reach a sense of group identity. It's not like I said, people actively choose one and give up the other. In other words, the formation of aesthetics is not a choice, but the result of evolution.
Obviously, I didn't buy his retort. But I couldn't think of other theories to fight back at the moment, and immediately fell into normal meditation.
The friend went on to say that people have different views on things because of their different environments. Some people naturally accept the mainstream aesthetics; Some people regard mainstream or non-mainstream aesthetics as a kind of reflection and introspection. You may happen to be the latter.
I think every boyfriend mentioned it; My parents pointed at my nose and said that I wanted to be different. But I never felt anything wrong. Just like Théophile Gautier's "L'art pour l'art", I always feel that many things are more subtle and pure.
More, it seems to be influenced by a feminist trend of thought that everything is equal. Therefore, I strongly advocate that everything should be diversified and think that nothing is more advanced than anything.
But occasionally I think that it is not a big contradiction that my own aesthetics are different from others, but maybe it is an opportunity to discover and create beauty.
Just as the essence is often found in the dross, it is also a way to make people look at the world more comprehensively and in a more balanced way.
Maybe my aesthetic view is different from that of ordinary people, maybe he just wants to please the public, but it is important that I can clearly understand my pursuit in all this and reflect on why this is not the case.
After all, not everyone needs to explode or die in silence.
However, how does the so-called different aesthetics affect our daily life? What is the true beauty of an artist's creation? Whether artists should create to cater to the public's aesthetics. In fact, most of them do the opposite and like to challenge the extreme bottom line of people's aesthetics. Then it affects people's aesthetics invisibly.
It is true that there are relatively few works that can affect human aesthetics. Moreover, human aesthetics is always inexplicably backward: otherwise, we would not have heard so many tragic stories like Van Gogh's (whether true or false); There wouldn't be so many parents who always warn their children not to set foot in this industry with the tragic life of so-called "artists".
Mohammed Al Gamdiu, Untitled, Wood Mixed Media, 20 12.
The key point of Mohammed Al Ghamdiu's works is that the artist's identity as an engineer makes him have a very different view on the obligations of the works of art itself. He believes that art itself is not for the past few years, but to create tomorrow by showing the past. He thinks his works are not nostalgic. On the contrary, he used a lot of "waste residue" of modern society [dienst's Note: The so-called "waste residue" is actually the obsolete product of industrial society. Mohammed Al Ghamdiu's own background makes him pay close attention to the products and by-products of industrial society, which leads to people's reflection on present life and planning for future life.
The work itself does not seem to show much profound significance as many people expected. There is a lot of Chinese humor that makes me feel quite interesting. Especially the ironic phone number, people can't help but think of China's poster advertisement. The contrast with the discarded parts of the machine makes people laugh.
In the traditional sense, this is definitely not a "beautiful" work. The whole work reveals a decadent and dilapidated atmosphere. However, this contrast eventually rose to a thought-provoking force. If you have to say "beauty", it is a bit reluctant.
Nasser Al-Salem, urban vagrant, mixed media device, 20 1 1
I am afraid that this painting by Nasser Al-Salem is naturally included in the ranks of "pretending". It's just a simple traditional woven fabric. There is a house number in front of the house in Saudi Arabia (second from left) [dienst gag: Many people confuse the Arabic numerals we use everyday with the real Arabic numerals in the Middle East. The house number on this work is the real Arabic numeral in the Middle East. See below]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals
The title of the work is just right: being a refugee in the city. This series of numbers has become the definition of their own identity and their ultimate destination. For the author, the refugees themselves are living without leaving a trace, while the people in the city have to live under various frameworks, and at the same time leave the necessary imprint to continue tomorrow's life.
This work is just a little more textile texture than traditional minimalism. At first glance, the audience can't help but feel confused and at a loss. Many people are afraid of contemporary art because of this kind of works. I often laugh at myself: I am too superficial to understand. In fact, it is often in the heart. =_= ]
Many times, the artist's background and creative intention are often not understood. [Dienst's criticism: I have to say here that many exhibition curators write the preface of the exhibition obscure in order to show their "extraordinary" talents. In fact, this is very unfavorable. Usually the audience will skip these extremely important information for this reason. The present situation of contemporary art music is high or low, and many of them need to be reflected by the art circle itself.
Nasser Al-Salem's creative intention is simple, hoping to arouse people's memory of Arab tribal culture through intuitive and accessible materials. He used local materials and was greatly influenced by arte povera, that is, Arte Povera used common objects in daily life for artistic creation (details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/arte _ Povera).
These works do not try to shock the audience from the so-called traditional aesthetic feeling, but hope to reach the realm of * * * with the audience through the so-called "poverty", even if it is just a smile, I think the artist's goal has been achieved.
Writing, I thought of some friends' comments on me, saying that I was extremely arrogant, but extremely cynical. I've never felt this way myself. A joke that may be played with a friend becomes a part of itself as soon as it is played. When watching an American drama, the hero's words made him awake: my cynicism and poison tongue were just the last disguise of my lack of confidence.
After all, people are still unrealistic, and unrealistic people can only "eat their own fruit" in the end.
So, since you are already a member of the non-mainstream group, it doesn't hurt to be more non-mainstream. Think of some people saying: What can be more helpless than homosexuality?
The copyright of the picture belongs to the artist.