Dear Bad Taste

Author: Chen Yifei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Today, the changes in art are unprecedented compared to any other period. Traditional art forms and styles are self-negating, their boundaries gradually dissolving. Mutations in genes have given rise to numerous new art forms, leaving the world bewildered. Some classic artistic principles seem unprepared, appearing flustered and powerless. Metaphysical and material, enigmatic and strange, countless phenomena in summary, art phenomena are constantly emerging. In the West, "Phenomenology of Art" emerged in response, and these researchers, treasuring the materials, collect them and return to analyze them exhaustively. The artistic ecosystem and the inherent power of visual language presented intuitively affect every person in the digital world. According to Marxist thought, existence determines consciousness. Consciousness cannot be ignored, and existence cannot be overlooked. I cannot remain indifferent—though the question is how to respond correctly. Out of the responsibility of an art publisher, we cannot remain confined to mere speculation. We provide various art phenomena from around the world "without restrictions" to scholars, artists, and art enthusiasts, as well as those attempting to construct a phenomenology of Chinese art. We believe that through the filtration and fermentation of intellectual reactions, what flows in must be pure and mellow. In Western cultural arts of the 20th century, there was a pursuit of the exotic and the bizarre in taste. This style was reflected in literature, film, theater, and was particularly prominent in painting, photography, music, and fashion. The emergence of this style reflects, to some extent, the pursuit of alternative and eccentric fashion by a certain youth subculture, as well as a certain degree of rebellion and detachment from mainstream and orthodox cultural tastes. People are constantly exposed to classical rigor and romantic elegance, as well as strict moral norms, through conventional education. However, there is indeed a cultural psychological tendency in human nature to challenge orthodoxy, break norms, and pursue the alternative. The various artists introduced in this book, such as Andy