Art manifesto

The Art manifesto has been a recurrent feature associated with the avant-garde in Modernism. Art manifestos are mostly extreme in their rhetoric and intended for shock value to achieve a revolutionary effect. They often address wider issues, such as the political system. Typical themes are the need for revolution, freedom (of expression) and the implied or overtly stated superiority of the writers over the status quo. The manifesto gives a means of expressing, publicising and recording ideas for the artist or art group—even if only one or two people write the words, it is mostly still attributed to the group name.

在現代藝術裡art manifesto是一個不斷重複並與前衛主義有關的特點；用極端的言論修辭，或與政治連結以達到令人驚訝的響應，如此似乎達成改革、革命的效果。通常著眼於廣泛的議題，例如政治，典型的主題有：對政治革命的需求，表達的自由....等。manifesto提供了藝術家們或藝術團體表達的、公共的、紀錄性的意見想法有了意義，即使manifeto只是一兩個人所起草的，它仍舊代表了那些認同的藝術家藝術團體。

The first art manifesto of the 20th century was introduced with the Futurists in Italy in 1909, and readily taken up by the Vorticists, Dadaists and the Surrealists after them: the period up to World War II created what are still the best known manifestos. Although they never stopped being issued, other media such as the growth of broadcasting tended to sideline such declarations. Due to the internet there has been a resurgence of the form, and many new manifestos are now appearing to a potential worldwide audience. The Stuckists have made particular use of this to start a worldwide movement of affiliated groups.
最早是在義大利的未來主義，接著是達達主義、超現實主義，到二次大戰結束為止，這些通通都可並稱manifestos。

Manifestos typically consist of a number of statements, which are numbered or in bullet points and which do not necessarily follow logically from one to the next. Tristan Tzara's explanation of the manifesto (Feeble Love & Bitter Love, II) captures the spirit of many:
“ A manifesto is a communication made to the whole world, whose only pretension is to the discovery of an instant cure for political, astronomical, artistic, parliamentary, agronomical and literary syphilis. It may be pleasant, and good-natured, it's always right, it's strong, vigorous and logical. Apropos of logic, I consider myself very likeable. ”