Controversial Modern Art

<p><strong>Shock art</strong> is <a title= "Contemporary art" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_art">contemporary art</a> that incorporates disturbing imagery, sound or scents to create a shocking experience. It is a way to disturb "smug, complacent and hypocritical" people.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_art#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> While the art form's proponents argue that it is "imbedded with social commentary" and critics dismiss it as "cultural pollution", it is an increasingly marketable art, described by one art critic in 2001 as "the safest kind of art that an artist can go into the business of making today".<sup id="cite_ref-silber_3-0" class= "reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_art#cite_note-silber-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_art#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> But while shock art may attract curators and make headlines, <em><a title="Reason (magazine)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_(magazine)">Reason</a></em> magazine's 2007 review of <em><a title="The Art Newspaper" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_Newspaper">The Art Newspaper</a></em> suggested that traditional art shows continue to have more popular appeal.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more details.</span></p>