Open AccessTransgression as a Profanation in the Contemporary Art
Author(s) -
Олеся Витальевна Строева
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-1-18-24
Subject(s) - bricolage , marine transgression , postmodernism , aesthetics , contingency , politics , sociology , relation (database) , assemblage (archaeology) , mass culture , art , epistemology , literature , history , philosophy , law , political science , anthropology , archaeology , paleontology , structural basin , biology , database , computer science
Analyses the postmodern concepts of “transgression” and “bricolage” in relation to contemporary art. Addressing the street art and the social art the author shows how the model of bricolage with the elements of transgressionprofanity works in the modern culture. The mass audiovisual culture dictates a new way of perceiving art works, and all of them are the reflections of the media culture, or its bricolage “bounce.” The media culture and the society of globalisation in general produce a syncretic or bricolage environment with a “soft ban” system anticipating transgression; it is the erosion of boundaries which creates the illusion of transgression steps that can turn an artistic activity into a political action or make it balance on the verge of breaking the law. However, in such a type of culture, a transgression step is not opposed by a ban but by another transgression state which is a part of the system of market relations already