ART OF SHOCK

About

Incorporating disturbing imagery, sound, and scents, this artist works within the contemporary shock art movement. Shock art aims to disturb those perceived as smug, complacent, and hypocritical. Proponents of this art form argue that it is embedded with social commentary, while critics dismiss it as cultural pollution. Despite this debate, shock art has become an increasingly marketable form of artistic expression. According to an art critic in 2001, it represents the safest kind of art that an artist can pursue as a business today.