New Wave or Pretentious Posturing
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By Chen Chi-Hsiang. The strongest attraction in Paris this summer was the Palais de Tokyo's "New Wave" contemporary art exhibition. "New Wave" signifies the creations of the current new generation, meaning the younger wave pushes the older one forward. In this globalized art world, fashion trends can only rise with the market; otherwise, they quickly evaporate into thin air. Didn't Pop Art giant Andy Warhol say, "Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes"? The speed of current empty spinning is so fast (fifteen minutes seems too long), making people dizzy.

What can be discussed is already outdated, while what cannot be discussed leaves people bewildered. Seeing is perceiving; the wave crest is right now. Of course, the back wave always pushes the front wave, wave after wave. In an era of bubbles, the pursuit is speed. In a generation rushing for speed, it is natural to evaporate before even entering. The back waves surge up like rapids, while the front waves roll like spray. Novelty competes for attention and markets; consumption is the meaning of fashion. Under market dominance, metaphysical philosophy and aesthetics seem submerged by materiality. Degeneration, vulgarity, materialization, and commodification have led art, through twists and turns, to encounter unprecedented confusion and doubt, entering a dead end of competing for novelty.

Of course, the back wave always pushes the front wave; this is the natural law of the human world. The New Wave reflects the current climate and mirror. The era is vigorous, but new things are not necessarily fresh; new wine is full of mixed flavors.