Shock art\xa0is\xa0contemporary art\xa0that incorporates disturbing imagery, sound or scents to create a shocking experience. It is a way to disturb "smug, complacent and hypocritical" people.[2]\xa0While the art form's proponents argue that it is "imbedded with social commentary" and critics dismiss it as "cultural pollution", it is an increasingly marketable art, described by one art critic in 2001 as "the safest kind of art that an artist can go into the business of making today".[3][4]\xa0But while shock art may attract curators and make headlines,\xa0Reason\xa0magazine's 2007 review of\xa0The Art Newspaper\xa0suggested that traditional art shows continue to have more popular appeal.
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