Ribos ir užribiai postmoderniame pasaulyje
Boundaries and Transgresion in Contemporary Art

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the vanguard trend in postmodern art called aesthetical radicalism and new forms, such as installations, happenings, fluxus, performances, body art and others, where the process of creativity and its results invade the reality of actual life. Homosexuality, incest, narcissism, sadism, mania to kill, destruction and suicide, necrophilia and other phenomena which earlier were treated as perversions and not fitted in the context of true art, now are considered to be applicable and very often represent by themselves the signs of social relevance and aesthetic force. This trend of contemporary art reflects the spiritual situation of modern human being: ethical and religious relativism creates the feeling of seductive freedom and at the same time shows the dangerous borders, where the distinction between fiction and real life disappears. This compels us to meditate carefully on the semblance between the infinite fantasy of an artist and the infinite will of a transgressor, religious fanatic or a politician.

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