Just Pathetic: Michael Wilson on Sore Winners.

Art often has the misconception of being a beautiful sculpture or painting created by an incredibly skilled artisan. From the late 1980's into the mid 1990's a new movement of art arrived, "abject art." The term abjection is defined as "the state of being cast off." This form of art expresses the feelings and emotions stemming from failure and not fitting in with societal normality.

I found these works of art to be incredibly interesting. By being part of an "anti movement" the artists creating abject art were attempting to express incredibly unique concepts, never before attempted. Many critiques label these artworks as shamelessly adolescent, but I feel this is no reason to discredit the immense amount of thought and talent required to create these works. Abject artists are not attempting to get the approval of every single critique, in fact they are attempting to do the complete opposite. By having people make comparisons to the more traditional art forms, abject art is successfully establishing itself as a counter movement to society.