The Art Production In The Culture Industry Era

The phenomenon of "art production "on the integrated meaning is the product of modernistic structure. It indicates the great turn of modern art: art, as the symbol of ideal world yesterday, gradually transfers to a new pattern, which is more closer to material production. And the turning leads to the alteration of modern art's idea. The traditional liberal art gives up its position to the art of amusement. Culture reform, such as mass culture, culture industry and consumer culture are expression of modern shift of art .Art, as a revolutionary power in the modernistic structure, has to face the various problems in the redirection. Among them, the controversies between "the death of art" and "the democratic of art "are the biggest momentum on the road of reconsidering "artistic authenticity". The cultural turn of "art production" as a juncture also provides a road to "artistic authenticity".The theory of art production is the theoretical dedication of Karl Marx. By means of discussing the different interpretations of "art production" and "the culture industry" in the works of Marx, Engels, the scholars of western Marxism and some post-modernistic theoretician, "art production" should be comprehended as a multidimensional and complete concept. It can be distinguished three layers including politico-economics, philosophy and aesthetics. The article attempts to take the interaction of above three layers as the theoretical ground of "art production " and probes into the rationalization and problematique of the redirection of modern art in order to reconsider the road to artistic authenticity.The politico-economic interpretation of art production emphasizes that "art production" which is like other social production possesses general characteristics of practical action .Art production also changes realistic form of material world and then obtains realistic existing form, it also should solve the questions of itself productive force and production relations .As a result of the structural operation of system, "art production" completes the creation of artistic works by way of mutually-operation among producers ,intermediaryorganizations and consumers .The politico-economic interpretation focuses on the material premise of art ,which determines the birth ,development of art and offers a material foundation to artistic authenticity and becomes the decisive factor of industrialization in the art production of new age .The philosophical intension means that the art production is a part of spiritual production, which is different from material production .The spirituality of art production, refers to the unique significance: the subjects of production testify authentic existence of themselves through objectifying perceptual activities. From the ideal point of view, the art production, which is same as the idea of "labor according to aesthetic regulars", is one of the authentic way of human's existence .It is established as a guiding model in philosophical interpretation to criticize realistic production in culture industry era and maintain the spiritual connotation of artistic authenticity.The aesthetic interpretation of art production stresses on the aesthetic practicality .On the one hand, the aesthetic essence of art generally provides humanity criterion of artistic activity: the ultimate aim of art lies in pursuing the aesthetic value of spiritual world and a sense of self-identified .On the other hand, the proper comprehension on the aesthetic essence of art and aesthetic ground of modern production must be developed in the relationship between aesthetic idea and social reality .Accordingly, the practice of aesthetic value should root on the realistic situation of art production.All the layers of art production are depending on each other. Among them, the interpretation of politico-economics is foundation, the interpretation of philosophy is root, and the interpretation of aesthetics that intend to clarify the human value of art production is further extending of philosophical layer. The interpretation of three...