Shock Art

I agree with Vattimo's idea that art should shock a viewer into discomfort. I feel that the show 1,000 ways to die is a good example of this. It can cause some shock and discomfort in some viewers. Just watching a tv show on how some people supposedly died to me, seems very disturbing. Some other forms of are are unintentionally shocking, like photography. Photography can capture very beautiful pictures but it can also capture images that shock viewers, like pictures from the genocide in Cambodia.

My example of shock art is a painting called "Myra," by  Marcus Harvey. Myra is a portrait Myra Hindley. Hindley along with  Ian Duncan Stewart killed five children. Finding out that a painting of a child murderer can be disturbing, but finding out what the painting is painted with is pretty shocking, the painting is made up of children's hand prints.