Editing Transgressive art (section)

==Definition==
From an academic perspective, many traces of transgression can be found in any art which is considered offensive because of its [[shock value]]; from the French [[Salon des Refusés]] artists to [[Dada]] and [[Surrealism]]. Philosophers [[Mikhail Bakhtin]] and [[Georges Bataille]] have published works on the nature of transgression.
Transgressional works share some themes with art that deals with [[psychology|psychological]] dislocation and [[mental illness]]. Examples of this relationship, between social transgression and the exploration of mental states relating to illness, include many of the activities and works of the [[Dadaists]], [[Surrealists]], and [[Fluxus]]-related artists, such as [[Carolee Schneemann]] – and, in literature, [[Albert Camus]]'s ''[[The Stranger (Camus novel)|L'Etranger]]'' or [[J.D. Salinger]]'s ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]''.