@article{2018,title={VIOLENCE AND ARTISTIC CREATION},abstractNode={The concept of violence is defined in dictionaries as the use of brute strength to those that are on the opposing position or opinion, vehemence, doing something against one’s will or making someone do something against their will by means of oppressing by power; whereas the phrase using violence is defined as enforcing, attacking, brute force, inflicting pain physically or psychologically, torturing, hitting and injuring. On the other hand, acts of violence are defined as acts or attempts that are created to intimidate and/or oppress people. The opinion that the feeling of being threatened and the reactive violence caused by this feeling are one of the most dangerous violence types is established in many theoretician’s statements. Another type of this feeling is mentioned as the destructiveness occurring as a result of frustration and tension which arises from oppression, that is it occurs in order to grab the power at the end of a period with a lack of a governing authority. Within the context of art when violence is discussed, the predicament in which those living under oppression go through a lack of governing authority have appeared in artistic works as well as social events as an extension of many social movements and psychological expressions. In this framework naturally artists have also been affected by the environment in which capitalism, as an economic sovereignty system, forced people into consumption and degraded humanity; such factors as oppression and violence that the modern society employs on individuals have been reflected on their artistic expression. The sense of art which is shaped by violence, destructiveness and resistance features characteristics that are formed against aesthetical laws, and are imposed upon the modern society. In this context, such artistic movements as “Happening” and “Fluxus” that concentrates more on societal concerns and especially violence than the aesthetical focus have emerged. An artistic movement like “Body-art” have emerged by turning the “body” into a political arena through the medium of displaying deviance and exhibitionism by the use of such actions as inflicting pain upon the body and artists injuring themselves in front of a crowd. Thus, artists strive to tell every negativity in life with an awareness of cultural diversity, in defiance of oppression, sexism, racism, attacks against sexual orientations, and especially violence by using their bodies.},author={Gökçen Şahmaran CAN},year={2018},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}