The Visual Expression Of Debauch Desire

With the great development of economy, the landscape of people’s living standard has seen a major improvement in recent years. However, it has become a trend to unrestrictly pursue the consumption of materials, even the desire for materials was legalized in business. On the other hand, the rapid process of economic globalization has also brought the destroy to culture. The broken of cultural values and the loss of faith make a malformations consumer era of China. The word "debauch" is adopted by artists to question the materialistic era and its inner sociality. It is the abbreviation for social reality. Through substances deconstruction to explore the moral values, artists intend to reveal the metaphorical reality of the Chinese consumer society. For example, Xiaotao Zhang’s painting about rotten strawberries, the mess of cup and platter fter feast painted by Jianjun Zhang, the mountains of variation broiler showed in Haizhou Liu’s painting, Xucheng Han’s rotten cabbage and Xintao Liu’s waste forgotten in the night. These artists often use common items, phenomena and scene portrayed in daily life to express their feelings and philosophical thought for the materialistic world. Under the background of the fine arts, iconography, sociology and cultural studies theoretical knowledge, this article focuses on the "debauch desire". Through the research on this distinctive artistic expression, we make our theoretical contribution to Chinese contemporary art.The article consists of four chapters.Chapter one:Make a brief introduction to the "debauch desire" painting concept and its history. Then, give a overall view on the academic background and its related work now. We make a detail analysis on its vision expression features.Chapter two:Make a thorough inquiry on the origination of "debauch desire". This artistic style is mainly influenced by consumer culture and iconography culture.Chapter three:Key point of the article, illustrating the related work of representive artists with individual cases.Chapter four:Conclusion of the whole article. Concern on the significance of creative practice for "debauch desire".