行为艺术的全部特性可以概括为两个字——震惊(Shock),以区别于传统艺术的特——神韵(Aura)。为此,它不断突破艺术所设定的边界,向“画框之外”的社会、伦理、政治、性别、法律游击,以获得更大的自由空间。在西方现代艺术史上,最具震惊效果的要数以身体为媒介的行为了。“维也纳行为小组”的尼奇仿效宗教献祭,把活羊撕裂、剖膛后,与裸体的艺术家绑在一 All the characteristics of performance art can be summed up in two words - Shock, to distinguish it from the traditional art of Aura. To this end, it constantly breaks through the boundaries set by the arts and guerrillas social, ethical, political, gender and law beyond “the frame” in order to gain greater freedom. In the history of modern Western art, the most astonishing effect is the body-mediated behavior. Nikiti of the Vienna Behavioral Group, following a religious sacrifice, torn the living sheep and cut them up, tied them to a naked artist