本文介绍的六位台湾艺术家都以“身体”为共同工作场域,但是我们很难用西方现代艺术表达中呈现的“身体”观念来定义他们的工作。从现代艺术实践立基的现代性框架中,身体被摆置于自然与文明辩证关系的前线,身体成了现代艺术创作最敏感的演习场地。而前卫艺术的官方任务之一,便是拿捏这条前线的位置,尽其可能地向非现代性的“敌境”渗透扩张,带回彼岸之情报,同时又要能够全身而 All of the six Taiwanese artists described in this article use “body” as their common work site, but it is hard to define their work in terms of the “body” concept presented in Western modern art. From the modern framework of modern art practice, the body is placed on the front line of the dialectical relationship between nature and civilization, and the body becomes the most sensitive exercise venue for modern art creation. And one of the official tasks of avant-garde art is to take the position of this front line as much as possible to infiltrate and expand the non-modern “enemy ” and bring intelligence back to the other side,