What happens when beauty no longer feels honest? When harmony starts to feel like avoidance, and comfort feels like a lie? In this discussion, Cannes-nominated director Anji invites us to step into the moment when art deliberately stopped trying to please the eye, and started trying to tell the truth. Together, we’ll explore why modern art broke away from classical beauty, symmetry, and idealised form, and ask what artists were responding to when the old rules suddenly felt impossible to follow.

 

Through examples, stories, and conversation, Anji will unpack how historical trauma, rapid technological change, and shifts in human consciousness reshaped what art needed to do. Modern art didn’t reject beauty out of rebellion. It rejected it out of necessity. Fragmentation, distortion, and discomfort became ways of being honest about the world, the body, and the inner lives of artists living through unprecedented change. This is an inclusive, curious space for anyone who’s ever felt confused by modern art, moved by it, or quietly wondered whether breaking beauty was the only way forward.

 

当美感不再显得真实时会发生什么？当和谐开始让人觉得是逃避，舒适感变成了一种谎言时，我们又该如何理解艺术的变革？在这场讨论中，戛纳提名导演Anji邀请大家一起走进艺术不再迎合眼球、而是开始追求真实的那一刻。我们将一起探讨，为什么现代艺术抛弃了经典的美、对称和理想化的形式，艺术家们在面对旧规则难以继续的情况下，是在回应什么？

 

通过一些例子、故事和讨论，Anji将会展开讲解，历史创伤、科技飞速发展和人类意识的变化是如何重塑艺术的需求的。现代艺术并不是因为叛逆才摒弃美感，而是因为它有必要这么做。碎片化、扭曲和不适感成为了对世界、身体以及生活在巨大变化中的艺术家内心世界的真实写照。这是一个包容而开放的讨论空间，适合任何曾经对现代艺术感到困惑、被它打动过，或是悄悄想过是不是摧毁美感才是唯一出路的人。