Research On Pop Art From The Perspective Of Eagleton’s Aesthetic Ideology

In his book Aesthetic Ideology,Terry Eagleton,a contemporary British aesthetician,puts aesthetics into the field of ideology and constructs a theoretical system focusing on aesthetic ideology criticism.In Eagleton’s discussion of aesthetic ideology,he emphasized the aesthetic initiative.He regards aesthetics as a methodology,and believes that through aesthetics,we can find a way to the central issues of western ideological circles,so as to make clear more social,political and ethical issues.Pop Art as a post-modernism art,formed in the context of capitalist society,is an artistic representation of commercial society.Based on Eagleton’s theory of aesthetic ideology,the analysis of Pop Art from the background,characteristics to the right of aesthetic discourse can produce a deeper understanding of the connotation of Pop Art’s aesthetic ideology.The Pop Art shcool and the theory of postmodern illusion are both formed in the context of postmodern ideology.Based on Pop Art school itself,it is difficult to recognize the context of post-modernism ideology.Through Eagleton’s theory of postmodern illusion,we can understand the context of postmodern ideology comprehensively and clearly.Therefore,to understand the background of Pop Art’s aesthetic ideology needs the help of Eagleton’s Postmodern illusory theory.With Eagleton’s Postmodern illusion theory as a medium,we can clearly understand the background of Pop Art’s aesthetic ideology.According to Eagleton’s theory of postmodernist illusion,postmodernist ideology has gone through the development process from the emergence of illusion to the formation of connotation.Corresponding to this process,it can trace the formation and development of Pop Art aesthetic ideology,and thus lead to discussion and analysis.Eagleton believes that postmodernism comes from the compromise of radical left-wing capitalism.On the one hand,Pop Art inherits the spirit of compromise of postmodernism and seeks its own development by eulogizing commercial civilization;on the other hand,it also has the pluralism,decentralization of postmodernism and radical enthusiasm of the left.Pop Art originated in Britain in the early 1950 s,and flourished in the United States in the mid-1950 s.According to the different geographical location and development time,Pop Art can be roughly divided into two major schools: the British Pop Art school and the American Pop Art school.From the perspective of Eagleton’s aesthetic ideology,we can find that the British Pop Art emphasizes a kind of "body",while the American Pop Art emphasizes a kind of "commerce".Through the analysis of the characteristics of the two major regional schools of Pop Art,it can help to sort out the development history of Pop Art and the composition of each school.The transformation process of Pop Art from the emphasis on body art in Britain in the early stage to the emphasis on commercialization in America in the late stage corresponds to the development process of capitalism from early dissimilation exploitation to late formation of economic market.Pop Art can be said to be a mirror of capitalism,reflecting its development process to a certain extent.Eagleton brought aesthetics into the field of ideology,and endowed aesthetics with political criticism.On the one hand,Pop Art has the satirical attribute of art itself,on the other hand,it inherits the radical mood of the left in the context of post-modernism ideology,and finally forms its own unique critical attribute.From the perspective of Eagleton’s theory of aesthetic ideology,we can produce ideological cognition on the aesthetic criticism of Pop Art.The ultimate goal of aesthetic ideology criticism lies in the political participation of aesthetic in social public opinion,which is embodied in the realization of aesthetic discourse right.Pop Art expresses political connotation by creating art works,so as to realize aesthetic discourse right in specific art practice.For example,China’s "Political Pop" school,a branch of Pop Art school,expresses the relevant political connotation through the secondary artistic creation of Chinese political theme,so as to realize the right of discourse.Philosophy is a subject based on the thinking of human subject.Art itself is a kind of thinking record of human subject.This kind of common ground enables us to have a new cognition of art since postmodernism from the perspective of philosophy.Eagleton’s aesthetic ideology is based on social practice,which makes aesthetic ideology.Pop Art depends on the capitalist commodity market and is closely related to the society.Through the analysis of Pop Art from the perspective of Eagleton’s aesthetic ideology,we can realize that Pop Art is a critical post-modernism art school that originated from the context of post-modernism ideology and centered on "body" and commercial civilization.