아담 존스 작품에 나타난 그로테스크 특징

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This article aims to examine the characteristics features of the grotesque in music videos directed by Adam Jones, reviewing them using Mary Russo’s theory of grotesque Mary Russo shed new light on the grotesque based on the concepts of modern philosophy such as Freud’s “uncnny” and Kristeva’s “abjection”. The term of “grotesque” is used broadly, not only in the aesthetic sense but also in a sense that designates sociocultural phenomena. It takes a perspective critical of the traditional society, and express it through non-mainstream sensibilities. First, this paper looks at the concept of grotesque theory, and analyzes the visual features of Adam Jones’s music videos based on the idea of the “grotesque”. It intends to provide clues to understand the otherwise inexplicable of the work by tracing the relationship between the Adam Jones’s artistic world and Mary Russo’s concept of the “uncanny grotesque”. The primary method used in this study was to analysis of books and periodicals about theories of the grotesque . Additionally, literature, including previous studies, other publications, and the writing of critics were used as auxiliary texts. Furthermore, this research analyzed images in Adam Jones’s music videos as secondary data, and reached some hermeneutic conclusions. After analysis of the work, it has been found that the theme and visual expressions penetrating Adam Jones’s works are based on the concept of the ‘uncanny grotesque'. Jone’s grotesque does not merely show body with strange appearance. but expose our own unconscious and lets us look straight at our lives, where fear and frustration have the overwhelming weight.

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