In the name of art

Author: Chen Lusheng
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Performance art aims to break the limitations of various static art forms and seeks a more direct and instantaneous way to approach the audience. It attempts to create a new artistic concept through this direct form of communication, forcing the public to reevaluate and reconsider the relationship between art and its culture. Performance art opposes any precise or simplistic definition, believing that any definition would dissolve the vitality of performance art. Therefore, performance art is destined to be rebellious and destructive to traditional art, and it is precisely through this rebelliousness and destructiveness that it expands new artistic pathways. The 7 articles collected in this book are the author's reflections on extreme performance art, body painting, and other contemporary art or social phenomena since 2000. Thus, the book is essentially a thematic collection rather than a systematic study of performance art. The main content of the book includes: "In the Name of Art: The Dead End of Chinese Performance Art," "Killing Animals: The Dead End of Chinese Performance Art," "The Bloody 'Performance Art' That Persists Despite Bans," "Extreme 'Performance' Is Spreading and Infecting," "One Cannot Joke with the Poor in the Name of Art," "The 'Artist's Shit' Worth More Than Gold Cannot Be a Fragrant Art," "The Popularity of Body Painting Reflects the Vulgarization Trend in Current Cultural Currents," and "Records of Performance Art Activities Since 2000."