Seen on You Tube (10 mins)
A young woman comments on artworks on display at an art gallery she has just visited in Los Angeles. She is clearly in a state of deep emotional shock. She is horrified by the works of art on display. She presents a good analysis of the intentional degradation of the art on display, questioning whether it is art or not.
Modern art in the West has had one key purpose for a long time, and only one: to shock and provoke viewers. It all began in the late 19-th century in France, "épater le bourgeois".
As we live in a liberal, permissive society, you need to go further and further in order to achieve this aim. The artist, here, would be pleased, as the young woman was clearly in a state of deep shock. Mission accomplished.
One has to ask oneself: why is priority given to the staging of death, torture, excrements and ugliness? This is a point she rightly discusses. Is it a reflection of a dying, rotting society that has lost its way? Or is the aim of such art to kill what is left of humanity in us? The artist would say that the aim is to denounce the destruction of our shared humanity, of course.
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