What is art? A single most important question that one has to answer when presented with material that goes beyond ones perception of art. In fact, the question is truly not what is art but what is acceptable as art. Acceptability denotes conformity to social mores, traditions, and prevailing consciousness. Mores and traditions are for the most part non-transient even if they do change over time but nevertheless not easily malleable as prevailing consciousness that can change over night. Individual tries to provoke and even circumvent these norms of acceptability. Through ones incessant desire to make a statement or sometimes just as mundane as wanting to be noticed, we are presented with visual that, for the most us, will leave us very much confused and sometimes repulsed. This thought is embodied by morbid art. It is something that deals with death in graphic way not as symbolism. For those who have strong stomach you can follow this link Morbid Art Gallery for reference. The previous sample is just one aspect of morbid art which is a great departure from Salvador Dali’s subtle approach to the subject of death even if it is still way too graphic for casual viewers . This art movement now has expanded to subjects that deal with pain, gore, dark mystic visual, and gruesome fantasy imagery. We can debate all we want on the actual significant of this movement, but one thing is sure; it forced us to face suffering and death to its very core.
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