对当前艺术生活中“刻奇”现象的思考——从米兰·昆德拉谈起

An Investigation on the Kitsch Phenomenon in Art and Life

刻奇是对原本事件的"过度赋义"。作为一种伪崇高或欺谎和精神向下的运动,它对创建和谐社会的最大危害也许是导致全民的道德失范和分崩离析。刻奇与媚俗相对待而存在,既不是崇高也不是美。广义的刻奇源于人类对生存意义的追寻,而狭义的刻奇,按昆德拉的看法,则与中欧东欧的集权政治有关。由于刻奇有替代品所以很难消除,但也有对付方法:从个体讲,依赖理性和良知;从政府讲,依赖教育和奖惩。

This paper mainly explores and analyzes the Kistch phenomenon in current art and life. It argues that Kitsch is an over connotation of the original event. As a false-sublime(or cheat or flam)and a spiritually downward movement, it may lead to national moral aberrance and collapse as far as the establishment of harmonious society are concerned. Kitsch is neither sublime nor beauty in a contrast to the curry favor of vulgar. In a broad sense, Kitsch is originated from human's pursuit for the meaning of life. In a narrow sense, according to Mr. Kundra, it is related to the centralized politics in the Middle and Eastern Europe. Because Kitsch has substitutions, it is difficult to get rid of it. Nevertheless, there are ways to deal with it. We may depend on rationality and conscience, with a regard to the part of individual, and depend on education and rewards or penalties from a regard to the part of government.