Creating shocking art isn’t easy but the real shock came half-way through when De Pury revealed that two contestants would be eliminated in this round. In the end, the verdicts (spoiler alert!) ...

They also reflect the bizarre direction in which Chinese art has moved under a government that tolerates what some would argue are meaningless "shock" creations but not social criticism.

The theory that underlies the various forms of countercultural art—Dadaism, the situationists, shock art—is that our system only works through strict social conformity. The authorities ...

Seems perversely fitting in this week of "shock art" to apologize for having offended some readers in haste and humor a few blogs back. This episode must have been difficult to edit, as there were ...

Now, 140 years later, critics are wondering if there are any rules left to break--or if modern art is simply kept alive by its shock value. According to two new London exhibits--"Sigmar Polke ...

Walking Down Electric Avenue Dear Walking: Longmont Art in Public Places leaders not only protect the painted designs on the electric transformers that get selected through the Shock Art program ...

I tend to find "shock art" ultimately numbing and rather boring. But however you feel, it's worth understanding how it came about and what the guy was trying to accomplish: "I've been working ...

Entitled Apocalypse: Beauty and horror in contemporary art, the exhibition is aiming to shock both media and public alike. Organisers are hoping it will have the same impact as its hugely successful ...

Longmont’s Shock Art 2024 contest – an annual contest to pick out new colorful artistic designs to be painted on the green electrical boxes around town – included restful designs like ...