The Debate on Value in Contemporary Art Theory and the New Turns in Western Aesthetics
The aesthetic variation in contemporary art is mainly reflected in the rejection of the basic propositions and concepts of tra-ditional aesthetics,and the promotion of its discourse reconstruction in contemporary times by linking aesthetics with life to constant-ly expand the field of art and the vision of aesthetic research.A debate on the value of being"aesthetic"or"cognitive"was trig-gered between Beardsley and Goodman which focused on the value of art.It is concerned whether the value of art depends on the aesthetic experience or it appeals to social functions beyond art.It actually represents the competition and game between the two concepts in the field of aesthetics as this entanglement is reflected in the aesthetic cognition of the value of avant-garde art.The avant-garde concept has challenged the artistic concepts that take beauty as the main value,dissolve the theoretical system of tra-ditional aesthetic value,and accelerate the transformation of the aesthetic paradigm in the entire contemporary western world.